On 24 Nov 2008, at 12:11, BARRY HOLLAND wrote:
> The biggest bug bear I have is if someone sends me a
> 'funny' that I want to send on to someone else, unless I send the
> *whole* thing with the history of everyone who has received it
> before me, then any pictures involved will be reduced to an outline
> with a small red cross in the top left-hand corner.
> Being of a tidy mind & habits I like to delete these references but
> the system won't let me. I've lost count of the number of so-called
> experts who have stood behind me whilst I demonstrate the
> shortcomings of the system to them. They then confidentally take
> over the mouse & are shocked to find that this fault happens to
> them--usually with a comment along the lines of ''Oh, that shouldn't
> happen!''
Back in May I posted a likely explanation as to why this happens.
There's no real mystery - trying to edit HTML-formatted emails in a
deficient email client ("the system" as you put it) is the basic
problem. So, doing something about it means installing and using a
different email client - something you may find easier to do on your
own PC as opposed to someone else's!
--
Andy Greener
n.b. Whisper
Pangbourne, UK
http://www.nb-whisper.com
"Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not
incredibly stupid"
