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How To Create and Use a Draft Template in Mail on a Mac

I wrote this note on how to create a Template in the Desktop version of Mail on a Mac at the beginning of 2007 but it still seems valid. In fact, it is also relevant to using Mail on the iPhone. Currently, I notice that if I create a draft on the Desktop version of Mail, the Draft is *not* shared via MobileMe to the web nor the iPhone versions of Mail; even though the 'Store draft messages on the server' is checked in Mail Preferences. Drafts created in either web Mail or iPhone Mail *are* synced and available to both these versions of Mail. One way to get a Desktop Draft onto the iPhone (or the web) is to move the Draft to a Mailbox folder then copy the text from the synced email in the Mailbox on the iPhone but it shouldn't be necessary.

Create a draft or template Mail message
• Open Mail, Click New button (File > New Message)
• Create the template contents in a new email message.
• Click Save As Draft button (File > Save as Draft)
• If desired: Move the draft message to a different mailbox folder e.g. a new one named Templates. (see note 2 and 3)

To use the template
• Click on the template message. (see note 1)
• Click Message > Send Again
• Edit as necessary.
• If desired: Click Save As Draft button again. (see note 4)
• Enter or edit the To: address, as needed.
• Click Send button (Message > Send) to send the final message. (see note 3)

Send Again will work for any message you have, including messages that have been sent or received, not just newly created drafts or "templates". 

Note:
1. If the draft template message is in the Drafts mailbox folder — double-clicking the message will open an editable message i.e. the text and message fields can be edited immediately.

2. If a message has previously been sent, received OR moved from the Drafts folder into another mailbox folder — double-clicking the message will open an uneditable message.
•  To make the message editable: Click Message > Send Again 
•  This menu choice can be used with an opened message or on a highlighted message in a mailbox folder.

3. A message sent from the Drafts mailbox folder is immediately removed from this folder (like sending an original letter — you no longer have it once it's posted) but there will be the resulting sent message in the Sent folder.
•  If the message is sent with Send Again from any other mailbox folder (i.e. not from the Drafts mailbox folder), the original message is not removed from its folder, and the resulting sent message will be in the Sent folder (like taking a photocopy of the original and posting the photocopy).
•  Clearly, having a Templates mailbox folder separate from the Drafts mailbox folder is an advantage for a message that wants to be used again and again because the template will remain in the Templates mailbox.

4. Caution: When editing a template message that is NOT in the Drafts mailbox, Save as Draft will save the newly edited message into the Drafts mailbox not the original's mailbox. It will not overwrite the original message. Therefore, if the template message needs re-editing — make the changes, save the changed then move the undated template message from the Drafts mailbox and into the Templates mailbox.
•  Move the saved template from the Drafts mailbox before Sending. Otherwise the updated template in Drafts will disappear. The Sent message will then have to be re-used.
•  If the Subject: title has not been changed; the updated version of the template will have a later Date Received date or time in the mailbox folder list.
•  Delete the older version.

5. Drafts cannot be moved on the iPhone but they can on the web.
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Posterous Setup for Feedburner

The Step-by-step process to add my Posterous blog to Feedburner when I have more than one Posterous site.

01. On my Posterous Site: Copy the RSS Link in the Sidebar
Right-click on the orange button below 'Subscribe to this posterous'.

02. Login into Feedburner using my Google Account Details

03. Paste the RSS Link from Step 1 into the 'Burn a feed...' box and Click 'Next'

04. The Feed is automatically given a Title. I changed the Addess to be all lowercase letters. Click Next.
Change the title and address as desired. I left mine with the default text based on my URL.

05. Complete the activation steps for the Feedburner Account.

06. In Posterous: Click the links 'Manage > Manage this site' for the Site being added to Feedburner
This may be slightly different if you only have one Posterous site. I currently have three sites. Sign-in to Posterous to see the Manage link at the top of the browser page.

07. Click the link ' Edit my posterous'

08. Type the last part of the 'Feed Address' in the Feedburner box

09. Don't forget to click 'Save'
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Posterous Custom Domain Setup with 123-Reg Registered Domain

How to set up a custom domain name for a Posterous site and a domain registered with 123-reg.co.uk

01. Click the link to 'log in to your control panel'

02. Choose the domain and click 'Manage'

03. Click the 'Change Nameservers' link

04. Check that the nameservers are 123-reg's
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the 'Back to Control Panel' link

05. Click the 'Manage DNS' link

06. Scroll down to the 'A, CNAME and TXT records' section

07. Check 'Delete' for both the current '@' and 'www' entries. 

08. 'Add new entry' for both '@' and 'www' - Type 'A' - Content '67.207.139.81'

09. Click the 'Update DNS' button

10. Click the 'Back to Control Panel' link
It may take a few hours or longer for the change to take effect.
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Now, Just Evernote needs a Google Reader Custom Send To

Now that Posterous has a Check Box to add it as a Send To link in the Settings of Google Reader, it's just Evernote that needs the Custom Link adding:

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Posterous Custom Domain Setup and A2Hosting

The steps needed to add a custom domain to a Posterous account with an A2Hosting account.

1. In cPanel: click 'Parked Domains'

2. Type the domain name and click 'Add Domain!'

3. Wait for confirmation that it has been created

4. Submit a Ticket to A2Hosting Support to Change the 'A Record'

Posterous IP Address: 67.207.139.81
Allow time for the change to filter across the internet.

5. On Posterous: click 'Manage' at the top of the browser page

6. Click 'Edit Settings' under the account up want to change

7. Type the Custom Domain in the 'Addresses and such' section

8. Click Save and hopefully everything will be 'Cool'

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How to Posterous full size image from iPhone

To post a full sized image (original sized image) from the iPhone OS 3.0 to Posterous:
1. Press and hold on the image in the Camera Roll
2. Tap Copy
3. In Mail: Tap and hold down in the message area of the email. When the Magnifier Lens appears, release and tap Paste.
4. Send

Update: I describe how to send more than one photo here:

How to send more than 5 photos using Mail on the iPhone

How to send more than 5 photos using Mail on the iPhone

(The above image is also on Flickr)

Note: This is a successful work around for the resizing *up* of saved images sent from the iPhone which originally are less than 800px. Whether it is Mail or Posterous, I don't know. But what does make a difference to the image being resized is:

1. If the image is an unedited screen capture, it will Mail at the correct size e.g. 480px high. (i.e. when the image is a PNG)

2. If it has been edited by an app, it will be resized to 800px high even if the original is 480px. (i.e. when the image is a JPG)
 
Sent from my iPhone

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