On 25 Feb 2003 at 18:05, Tom Pfeiffer wrote:
> In keeping with Microsoft norms, Outlook Express 5 on my PC does not
> contain a "Preference" option under Edit, nor is "Insertion Point"
> even listed in the search facility.
I wish I could help you, but even in Outlook Express 6 there is no
such setting it seems. But there is a good reason a lot of people
consider this mail-client crap, and this is one of the stronger
arguments.
FWIW: For Usenet/news, there is a semi-official Usenet-conformity
stamp of approval around, and several, if not all, news-/Usenet-
clients from Microsoft fail to get this stamp of approval, for this
same reason.
> And yes, Jim, I have a mouse, and I will do my best to remember the
> wishes of WJM when I reply to the list, no matter how much it differs
> from every other group and list that I participate in.
Is that by sloppy custom, or by official preference/rule?
And do any of those members/posters realize how many members/posters
the list might have lost in the past, because of the excessive
bandwidth resulting from this?
While replying after the quote is one of the oldest rules of
Netiquette....not just my wish....
Everytime I see that silly remark about it being my personal wish it
makes me cringe....as if this list were the last place on the Net
were Netiquette is still alive....
It's even sadder than this:
Without Outlook and other Microsoft crap we wouldn't *have* this
discussion in the first place....
None of the current sloppy quoters would even *think* about taking
the extra effort to reply on top, when the default is on the
bottom....
Also:
One can argue that heated discussions like this can be missed like a
sore thumb, but given the persistence of sloppy customs elsewhere,
it's bitterly needed from time to time, to wake folks up....
Consider yourself now an ambassador of Netiquette on other
lists/forums too....;))
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]
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