"Christopher Jahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> And it came to pass that Cexy� wrote:
>
> >
> > "Cevpx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> Yep, that's it in a nutshell. The main deal is some people
> >> don't like to be forced to do certain things. Back to the
> >> topic of HTML as an alternative posting format; I think
> >> many people feel it was forced on the scene by Microsoft
> >> with no regard for established traditions. So, even though
> >> it might be an advancement, the negative first impression
> >> has doomed it from the start. To make matters worse,
> >> Outlook Express has a serious bug with text quoting which
> >> makes people look like kooks when they reply to Usenet
> >> posts. It also makes it very difficult to read some of the
> >> replies coming from people using Outlook Express. Most of
> >> them aren't even aware of this because the formatting bug
> >> does its dirty work after the user hits send so unless they
> >> download and read their own posts from the server they
> >> won't see the mess Outlook Express made of their post.
> >> This is not something new, it has been a known bug for
> >> several years and if that's not bad enough the OE software
> >> folks at Microsoft ignore complaints about this. I read
> >> somewhere that they have no intention of EVER fixing their
> >> program. Ain't that something? Probably because Microsoft
> >> knows they don't have to fix it.
> >
> > Well I would think if enough users complained Microsoft
> > *would* fix the OE Bug. So that leads me to believe based
> > on what I have read elsewhere that more folks are either
> > using OE or they don't care. Has a study ever been
> > conducted to nail down just how many use OE as their
> > newsreader of Choice verses Plaintext only newsreaders. Or
> > is that a st00pid question?
> >
>
> In one of MicroSoft's own discussion groups, this problem was
> brought up more than any other three to one. MS's response,
> from the head of Outlook developement, was "We aren't working
> on this, it doesn't bother us."
>
> Most Outlook Express users are surprised to find that they can
> use other mail/news clients. As OE came with their system, they
> thought that was what they had to use - just the way MicroSoft
> intended.
Ok I will be back in a few mins and reply to you in the PROPERly
formatted manner<G> and will give you my on hands working opinion of the
*other* mail/news clients (I prefer the word programs........the word
clients brings to mind paying customers) oh and be sure to check out my
headers!
Donna
