A Few Newbie Questions

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Tim Barwick

(Sorry I had posted this in the depracated Newsgroup in error, thanks
Barry.)

I'm new to Entourage and Mac in general and I'm looking for some advice.

- How do I delete Mail that's being held at my POP3 server on a batch basis?
I see the link for doing it message by message but not for batch.

- How do I make it so pictures are turned on all the time in Mail, instead
of clicking on the link to ask for them to display?

- How do I make my HTML signature show up automatically in Mail I compose.
I have turned on the HTML composing option, the signature displays fine in
the Signature Manager but when I open a new Mail nothing appears and when I
go to the Signature section of the message "None" is selected. I try to
select the HTML signature (now the only one there) or Randon and neither
work.

Thanks for the help! :)
 
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Barry Wainwright

(Sorry I had posted this in the depracated Newsgroup in error, thanks
Barry.)
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You're welcome :) Glad it worked!
I'm new to Entourage and Mac in general and I'm looking for some advice.

- How do I delete Mail that's being held at my POP3 server on a batch basis?
I see the link for doing it message by message but not for batch.
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Select all the messages held on server (they are readily identifiable
because they have a different icon in the folder listing), then run this
script:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
repeat with aMess in (get current messages)
set connection action of aMess to remove at next connection
end repeat
end tell
- How do I make it so pictures are turned on all the time in Mail, instead
of clicking on the link to ask for them to display?
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A new security feature in Entourage 2004 blocks the display of pictures (and
other linked mail content) hosted on remote sites. Images can be loaded for
individual messages by clicking on the ŒDownload Pictures¹ link in the
yellow message status bar. This was a huge feature request from users that
found the all embracing ŒAll Pictures¹ or ŒNo Pictures¹ too limiting.

There is a setting in the security section of the preferences to
automatically download pictures from recipients who are in your address
book. That should suffice for most users. If you really want to download all
images from all sources, you can put ".com", ".net", ".org" etc to your list
of safe domains in the Junk Mail Protection dialog. Then, images from all
untrustworthy sources will be downloaded.


- How do I make my HTML signature show up automatically in Mail I compose.
I have turned on the HTML composing option, the signature displays fine in
the Signature Manager but when I open a new Mail nothing appears and when I
go to the Signature section of the message "None" is selected. I try to
select the HTML signature (now the only one there) or Randon and neither
work.
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In the account settings, under the options pane you can assign a signature
to be used as a default for each account.
 
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Tim Barwick

Thanks for all the answers!

As a Mac newbie I've got one more question, how do I get to scripting? :)

(I suspect once I get there I'll be able to figure everything else out.)

Thanks!
 
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Barry Wainwright

As a Mac newbie I've got one more question, how do I get to scripting? :)
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That is a leading question!

I suspect that what you mean is "How do I run that script?". If so, in the
applications folder, look for an Applescript folder and open Script editor
in there. Paste the script into a new script window and hit the run button.

If, on the other hand, you mean "How do I learn AppleScript?", then start at
these places:

<http://www.apple.com/applescript/>
<http://www.applescriptsourcebook.com/frames.html>
<http://www.macscripter.net/>
 
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Tim Barwick

I suspect that what you mean is "How do I run that script?". If so, in the
applications folder, look for an Applescript folder and open Script editor
in there. Paste the script into a new script window and hit the run button.
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Worked and I got it into my Applescript menu! :)
If, on the other hand, you mean "How do I learn AppleScript?", then start at
these places:
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Ah homework! :)

Thanks again Barry, you're great!

-=Tim=-
 
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