----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: Re: EOS List Etiquette
> On 5 Dec 2002 at 23:05, Tom Pfeiffer wrote: > > > A. I use a keyboard/monitor switch at home because I have several > > computers and only one monitor/keyboard/mouse, so I don't get the > > benefits of a scroll wheel becuae it doesn't work on the Compaq KVM > > switch. I realize this is a problem only for me, because of me. > > Hmm....is that because the scroll-wheel interface uses another pin on > the RS232 connector? Never thought about that, never seen that being > mentioned as a potential problem for KVM-configs.... > (not that Murpy disagrees with you....;)) Yes, I believe the problem relates to the Compaq electronic switch not passing all the signal lines (it's PS/2, not serial, but the same concept) > > C. Am I the only one who reads messages in threads, and not just > > serially as they appear in my inbox? It's very frustrating for me to > > select a new message and see some text from a message I've already > > read, and then I have to scroll down to the bottom to see the "new" > > text? > > B and C are a bit conflicting in terms of 'mail-client > generation'....if you really mean 'threading' in C, then you use a > fairly recent mail-client (but Majordomo doesn't support it, by not > keeping a reference-line in the header (just like is done in Usenet > postings))....you can't sort a thread if you don't have references > (you can sort by subject of course, but that's a 1-dimensional > thread, by time/date, not forked/splitted when discussions run their > course) > While most mail-(and news-)clients of the last few years should be > able to perform B.... > Actually, I sort my messages by topic, and by default Outlook uses date/time as the secondary sort. It doesn't do true threading like on would see on Usenet, but the result is about the same. I find it more natural to read thru one thread at a time instead of trying to keep up with 20 conversations at a time. Tom P. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
