>So--here's another one. One of our colleagues would like to, via
e-mail
>in Netscape, send semi-personalized comments to his students
concerning
>their exams. [John, Overall, you did a very good job on your recent
>mid-term. You might want to consider the following comments as you
>prepare for the next test ...]
>
>The exams are submitted in hard copy (not virtually) and are
>typically 7 questions with several parts to each question. It is his
idea
>to write several comments for each of the parts of each
question--one
>comment explaining that the student hit the mark, one suggesting
more
>focus, etc. He would then like to be able to quickly plug these into
the
>e-mail message to the student.
Is he devoted to Netscape? A dedicated mail program could permit his
inserting the contents of a file at the cursor. A set of
appropriately named files, e.g. "Q1-p1-hit," "Q2-p2-focus," etc.,
would then make inserting the appropriate comment a matter of a few
clicks. One program which can do this is PMMail98, available at
www.southsoft.com. PMMail offers _many_ additional advantages over
Netscape and is, in my opinion, the best available mail client.
James Dye E-mail: jdye@niu.edu
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