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    1. [EUDORA] Easy Editing of EUDORA.INI via Eudora's Web Site
    2. George W. Durman
    3. I have never seen this discussed before, so am sending in hopes it will make it easier for users to edit the EUDORA.INI file; especially for those who are afraid to mess with it. I found out by accident how to do this. Go to this URL: http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/ini.html You will see a page titled "EUDORA.INI Settings File". Scroll down to find the setting you want to change, or add, if it's not already there. Once you find the setting you want to change or add, click on the underlined name in the left of the table. You will have to have Eudora running for this to work properly. Once you click, the focus should shift to the Eudora program. (If it doesn't, just click on the Eudora icon in the tray at the bottom of your screen.) You will then see a window where you can make the changes. Let's use an example to show you how it works. Suppose you wish to be able to edit any header of an incoming email. Normally you can't do this, since the default setting doesn't allow it. Scroll down until you see "EditAllHeaders". Click on it. In the window that pops up in Eudora, change "New Value" to "1" and click OK. You have just edited the EUDORA.INI file! Another good one to edit is "FilterTransferName". You know when you set up a filter and choose the "Transfer" Action, on the right you see the long bar that you can click to choose which Mailbox/Folder to send the filtered email to. Change this value to 1, 2, or 3. (0 is the default.) Number 3 works best for me. One that I added was "ExtraHeaders". When you receive this email, in the headers section, you should see clickable links to my web page, and to "Germanna Notes". These headers were added by clicking on the "Extra Headers" and typing in the required text. The format looks like this: X-WebSite: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/index.html If you want to add more than one "ExtraHeader", you MUST add "\r\n" (without the quotes) between the headers. Example: X-AlternateAddress: whoever@someplace.com\r\nX-WebSite: http://www.johndoe.com I would advise everyone to NOT change any settings unless he/she knows positively what he/she is doing. If you have questions, they should be addressed here on this List before making changes. AND, no one except a bone-fide expert should make any changes in any sections except [SETTINGS]. Further, I advise looking at all the possible settings and see if any of them could help you. SgtGeorge George W. Durman

    12/08/2001 08:28:16