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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

615.0. "Subject line in WPS document" by BUFFER::BRODERICK (I hate it when this name gets truncated) Fri May 01 1992 01:42

I have a miscellaneous, probably real easy to answer question about using WP
and sending mail.  (I'm trying to work a problem with a customer regarding our
FGATE (fax)product, but it looks like an ALL-IN-1 IOS or WPS issue.  And I'm a
novice ALL-IN-1 IOS user.

When he sends mail from the WP subsystem, to a VMS Mail user, he gets the
following header lines in the top of the body:

   Author:
   Date:
   Posted-date:
   Subject:

The problem is that the subject line is padded out to over 80 columns (which
causes our software to handle it differently. I was trying to reproduce it to
see who is putting that line there that long.  But, whenever I send mail from
WP, I don't get a "Subject:" line in the message body. (I only get the first
3.)  

How do I get the "Subject:" line to appear?
   
                                                                 _Mike

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
615.1	Different versions of ALL-IN-1 ?	IOSG::SHOVE	Dave Shove -- REO-D/3C	`Fri May 01 1992 11:21`	9
	If you do the send from the EM system, you can enter the subject. I have a feeling thaty whether you get a subject when sending from WP depends on the version of ALL-IN-1 (I think we fixed this in some version, possibly v2.4), so this could explain the difference - maybe your system is an older version than the customer's? Hopefully this will jog someone's memory as to the exact versions, Dave.
615.2	subject padded to 81 chars?	BUFFER::BRODERICK	I hate it when this name gets truncated	`Thu May 07 1992 17:07`	9
	> depends on the version of ALL-IN-1 (I think we fixed this in some > version, possibly v2.4), so this could explain the difference - maybe That would make sense. We have V2.3 and I imagine the customer has V2.4 (haven't asked him yet though). So is it a bug or a feature that the line is padded out to 81 characters? _Mike
615.3	Some more prodding....	IOSG::PYE	Graham - ALL-IN-1 Sorcerer's Apprentice	`Thu May 07 1992 18:37`	17
	We fixed the fact that a document sent from WP didn't get a subject in V2.4. This was actually broken in V2.3, since it worked OK in V2.2... However I also remember the bug where the title was too long, but as I recall, the problem was in read, where the title/subject field form the DAF didn't get trailing spaces stripped off, so that when it was read it put a little diamond out in column 80. This caused some display devices (some sort of fax or something I think) to switch into 132 column mode and be unreadable! Naturally I can't find that fix either, but I think the person who did it left the group some time ago, so it was probably in V2.4... Graham PS Perhaps between us, Dave and I can get someone to remember the whole story!
615.4	You can also try forward	IOSG::WDAVIES	Winton Davies,IOSG	`Thu May 07 1992 19:34`	8
	Actually I fixed this one in v3.0... What was happening was the WP title (a fixed length field of 80 chars) was being directly copied without being trimmed in to the message subject field. This 80 character length was causing certain FAX m/cs to flip over into 132 mode. Winton
615.5	MUst be REALLY fixed by now	AIMTEC::WICKS_A	The Mancs will NEVER win the lge	`Thu May 07 1992 23:25`	12
	Mike, This also appears as note 1243 in the archived version of this conference. I can't help but think that this was fixed by another ex-mail-developer during v2.4 who is still based in Reading so we now have at least 3 occurrences of this 'bug' being fixed and all in different years!! regards, Andrew.D.Wicks