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<h3><img src="monicon.gif" align="bottom" alt=""> <b><a name="msgorder">Can I change the order the message resources are printed?</a></b></h3>
<p>No. However, with the exceptions of the message header and body
(but see next questions), those resource can be defined
anyway you like. For example, I can change the TOPLINKS resource
to look like the BOTLINKS resource. Or, I can change the
default meaning of the resource so it really outputs something
else entirely. If you look at the documentation, the resources
are just defined by HTML markup and resource variables. Many
of the resource variables can be used within any resource.
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<h3><img src="monicon.gif" align="bottom" alt=""> <b><a name="msghead">How can I change how message headers gets formatted?</a></b></h3>
<p>There are several resources for controlling how message headers
are converted into HTML. You can exclude fields and style fields
with your own HTML markup. For example, here are resources that
cause message headers to be formatted with a table:
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<b><FIELDSBEG></b>
<table>
<tbody>
<b></FIELDSBEG></b>
<b><LABELBEG></b>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top">
<b></LABELBEG></b>
<b><LABELEND></b>
</td>
<b></LABELEND></b>
<b><FLDBEG></b>
<td align="left">
<b></FLDBEG></b>
<b><FLDEND></b>
</td>
</tr>
<b></FLDEND></b>
<b><FIELDSEND></b>
</tbody>
</table>
<b></FIELDSEND></b>
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<p>You can also control the order message fields are displayed:
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<b><FIELDORDER></b>
from
subject
date
-extra-
<b></FIELDORDER></b>
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<p>The "-extra-" signifies all other message fields in alphabetic
order.
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<p>You can also exclude specific message fields:
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<b><EXCS></b>
x-
precendence
<b></EXCS></b>
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<p>Here, we are exluding all "X-..." fields and the Precendence
field.
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<p>Consult the MHonArc documentation for more information
on how to use the resources shown here and other resources for
controlling message header formatting.
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<h3><img src="monicon.gif" align="bottom" alt=""> <b><a name="msgbody">How can I change how message body data gets formatted?</a></b></h3>
<p>Message body conversion are controlled by content-type filters.
See the <a href="mime.html">MIME</a> section of this FAQ for
more information.
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<h3><img src="monicon.gif" align="bottom" alt=""> <b><a name="headnbody">Can I have the message header come after the body?</a></b></h3>
<p>In general, no. A limitation of MHonArc is that you cannot change
the relative order of the resources/message-data in the output (but see
other questions in this section). MHonArc expects
a specific order so it can edit archived messages when needed w/o
using a bunch of logic, and performance degradation (special comment
declarations are used to mark off the different sections of a message).
Therefore, you cannot have the body come before the message header.
The best you can do is suppress the header (via EXCS) and create a
bogus header via the resource variables available. For example:
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<b><EXCS override></b>
.
<b></EXCS></b>
<b><MSGFOOT></b>
<ul>
<li>From: $FROM$
<li>Subject: $SUBJECTNA$
<li>Date: $DATE$
<ul>
<b></MSGFOOT></b>
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<h3><img src="monicon.gif" align="bottom" alt=""> <b><a name="msgbody">Can I make changes to message formatting on existing archived messages?</a></b></h3>
<p>Yes, mostly. The only thing cannot be changed once converted
is the message header and message body. All other parts of the
message page can be changed at any time. To make any changes
appear on existing archived messages, set the EDITIDX resource.
The EDITIDX resource tells MHonArc to recreate all archive
pages.
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<h3><img src="monicon.gif" align="bottom" alt=""> <b><a name="msgcomms">What are those "<!--X-... -->"?</a></b></h3>
<p>If you ever looked at the HTML source of converted messages,
you will notice a bunch of comment declarations, "<!--X-... -->".
These comment declarations are used by MHonArc to
properly edit messages when needed. Therefore, <strong>DO NOT
MESS WITH THEM</strong>.
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