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Subject:RE: Wording without he/she From:barry -dot- kieffer -at- exgate -dot- tek -dot- com To:sdeichmann -at- voicemobility -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:00:46 -0800
Hiya Sue,
How about: "The subscriber you have selected cannot be removed
because this subscriber has
dependent mailboxes. Please remove these dependent mailboxes before
removing the
subscriber."
My .02
Barry Kieffer
> The following is a message that pops up on the screen when a user tries to
> remove a subscriber with dependent mailboxes:
>
> "The subscriber you have selected cannot be removed because he/she has
> dependent mailboxes. Please remove these mailboxes before removing the
> subscriber."
>
> I would like to reword the statement so that he/she is not used, but I'm
> having trouble.