[news.newusers.questions] Elm usage for 1) forms generations, and 2) reply from rn

mdv@domain.com (Mike Verstegen) (10/01/90)

I would appreciate some assistance in the use of elm [2.3 PL6] into two 
applications.

1) I would like to provide our users with a way to report troubles via e-mail.
   Using the "elm forms" capability, a form could be created where the user
   fills in the blanks and mails the report. I can only make forms work when
   used in a reply, and it is kind of impractical to e-mail the form to some
   one which they then fill in via 'r'eply. How can I tell elm to use the
   form when the user is originating (not replying) the mail. The form could
   then be built in a "trouble report" script, and then put the user in elm
   for fill in and mailing.

2) Is there a good integration of elm with rn to be used in the replies to
   news postings? Looking at Rnmail and recmail, it appears to be fairly
   tightly integrated. What I am really looking for is a way to keep news
   replies in the same folders in $HOME/Mail/reply_name just as with my
   other mail.

Thanks

Mike
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