Paul Derbyshire writes:
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Since you deleted all the text that you're replying to and your mailer
did not add to the 'References:' header, I cannot even be sure what
you are replying to, but I'll assume you're replying to me since I'm
the only one, as far as I noticed, that said anything about UNIX;
however, since even that reference was just a mention of Linux in a
footnote, it's quite possible I'm mistaken. On the other hand, I see
that my current mailer, GNU Emacs' vm package, added my note's msg-ID
to the references above despite your mailer not doing so.
It is somewhat rude or inconsiderate to be unix-centric.
Yes, I suppose it is. Did you think I was being UNIX-centric? That
was certainly not my intention, though I must admit a bias in that
direction since I do not often use other systems. However, I have not
only used other systems at times, I have been systems, network, and
email admin for many such machines, on and off the Internet since
before it was the Internet, over the past 14 or so years. Being the
kind of group this is, I suspect there are others out there with even
more experience, especially with MSWindows and Macs, but I _have_ used
mailers on all three. Your assuming otherwise could itself be
construed as rude or inconsiderate, it seems to me.
I use a PC running Windoze... the mail client, the best free one I
could find, is Eudora Light.
Many people do use MSWindows and Eudora. Personally, I found Eudora
so cumbersome and troublesome that I gave up on it quickly, but
perhaps it has improved since and there are certainly a lot of people
out there that prefer it over all mailers. That doesn't mean it has
no bugs, nor that it follows Internet standards. Unfortunately, I do
not have recent information on MSWindows mailers, so someone else will
have to help you with that if you want to try something else. I
presume there are still several newsgroups on the subject, if nothing
else.
It has an option to reply to the Reply-To or to the Reply-To and
any addresses Cc:ed but that's it as far as I know...
Now, if one of us had the source to Eudora Light, this could be fixed
- um, OK, perhaps "changed" is a better word - in a jiffy; does anyone
have it? Somehow, I doubt it, though I've been wrong before, so it's
possible I'm wrong now; thus, I really am asking. In the mean time,
I'm nearly certain that there are other free emailers out there for
MSWindows that do this and other things (like 'References:') better.
But, as others have noted, this discussion does not really belong on
this list; anyone who's interested is free to contact me directly and,
if there's interest, I'll coordinate a short-term mailing "list" to
get better info on mailers and report back to those that care.
Will
http://www.garlic.com/~wedgingt/mersenne.html
