I don't understand what's wrong with Outlook Express users posting to the 
Mozilla Seamonkey user list??  Or am I misunderstanding things I read here?

Tim

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>   1. Re: e-mail copy paste issue (Ray_Net)
>   2. Re: e-mail copy paste issue (Ray_Net)
>   3. Re: e-mail copy paste issue (Paul B. Gallagher)
>   4. Re: Auto Update (stan)
>   5. Re: Auto Update (WaltS48)
>   6. Re: Images not appearing in SM2.29 (Smiles)
>   7. Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 78 (Tim Applegarth)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:33:49 +0200
> From: Ray_Net <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: e-mail copy paste issue
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> Paul B. Gallagher wrote, On 24/09/2014 00:03:
>> Ray_Net wrote:
>>> Paul B. Gallagher wrote, On 22/09/2014 22:58:
>>>> hawker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 9/22/2014 3:45 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>>>>> hawker wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just noticed a new issue in mail 2.26.1 that was not there before I
>>>>>>> updated. Perhaps it has been fixed in 2.29.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I often do a "replay" to an email just so I can get the formatting
>>>>>>> of a
>>>>>>> message and written by. I then copy and past that into some other
>>>>>>> e-mail
>>>>>>> I am responding to. This happens when I am responding to two
>>>>>>> e-mails at
>>>>>>> once that must go to the same folks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What exactly is a "replay"? Give step-by-step instructions so someone
>>>>>> else can try it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or do you mean "rePLY"? If so, it works fine for me in 2.26.1,
>>>>>> regardless of whether the source or target or both are HTML or plain
>>>>>> text.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Up to now that has worked fine. It 2.26.1 I can copy and past[e] the
>>>>>>> message body or the "On mm/dd/yy HH:MM am SoandSo Wrote:" but if 
>>>>>>> I try
>>>>>>> to select both it won't past[e] (just blank) into the new message.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any idea what is causing this, how to fix or if it is a known bug?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, darn typos. I did intend to say "Reply" not sure how that 
>>>>> happened.
>>>>> Anyway odd. Are you sure you did what I said? Let me be more clear.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Reply to two different messages.
>>>>> 2) Select the "On mm/dd/yy HH:MM am SoandSo Wrote:" and the message 
>>>>> body
>>>>> below.
>>>>> 3) Hit CTRL-C (Windows machine) or CTRL-X.
>>>>> 4) Go to the other e-mail and hit CTRL-P to past it. I get nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I only select the "On mm/dd/yy HH:MM am SoandSo Wrote:" or the
>>>>> message body but not both it works as expected.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I can easily PASTE either or both into a new message.
>>>> Win7 Pro SP1, SM 2.26.1.
>>>>
>>>> Do us a favor and disable that autocorrupt feature that keeps
>>>> substituting "past" for "paste."
>>>>
>>> Have you read my reply explaining in d?tails how to reproduce easely
>>> this bug ?
>>
>> Sure. Unable to reproduce, as I said earlier. Copy works fine, paste 
>> works fine, even print (Ctrl-P) works fine.
>>
> Have you tested using my explanations ? I am able to reproduce at will 
> ... same with hawker.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> 
> I used CTRL-C to copy the beginning of a mail created by hitting 
> "forward" ...
> And i cannot CTRL-V to a New mail.
> In Word or in notepad, the CTRL-V works.
> 
> I will try to CTRL-V here in this "reply" in newsgroups to see if it 
> works..
> 
> NO I cannot insert the copied text here,
> So i will do CTRL-V in notepad, then in notepad "Select All" then CTRL-C 
> and CTRL-V here:
> 
> *-------- Forwarded Message -------- **
> **Subject:     Infos S?jours et Trekkings Arpernaz **
> **Date:     Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:37:20 +0200 **
> **From:     Gusciglio **<[email protected]>****
> **To:     Gusciglio **<[email protected]>****
> ****
> **S?jours et Trekkings Arpernaz **
> **Chers Amies et Amis randonneurs, **
> ***
> 
> YES IT WORKS, but i am obliged to pass thru notepad to be able to copy 
> it here
> Same for inserting i a new mail.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:42:10 +0200
> From: Ray_Net <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: e-mail copy paste issue
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> EE wrote, On 23/09/2014 22:42:
>> hawker wrote:
>>> On 9/22/2014 4:23 PM, EE wrote:
>>>> hawker wrote:
>>>>> Just noticed a new issue in mail 2.26.1 that was not there before I
>>>>> updated. Perhaps it has been fixed in 2.29.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I often do a "replay" to an email just so I can get the formatting 
>>>>> of a
>>>>> message and written by. I then copy and past that into some other 
>>>>> e-mail
>>>>> I am responding to. This happens when I am responding to two 
>>>>> e-mails at
>>>>> once that must go to the same folks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Up to now that has worked fine. It 2.26.1 I can copy and past the
>>>>> message body or the "On mm/dd/yy HH:MM am SoandSo Wrote:" but if I try
>>>>> to select both it won't past (just blank) into the new message.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any idea what is causing this, how to fix or if it is a known bug?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanx
>>>>>   -H
>>>> [I often do a "replay" to an email just so I can get the formatting 
>>>> of a
>>>> message and written by. I then copy and past that into some other 
>>>> e-mail
>>>> I am responding to.]
>>>>
>>>> I just pasted something from your message.  It works, but I had to
>>>> highlight what I wanted to copy after I opened the reply window, not
>>>> before.  If I highlight something before opening the reply window, only
>>>> the highlighted item gets quoted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> odd - it doesn't work for me. And yes I was using CTRL-V not P.
>>> IT gets into the copy buffer because I can past it into Word or my text
>>> editor but I can't past it into the other HTML formatted e-mail.
>>> Sometimes I can get it to work, so you may be on to something with an
>>> order that I open things in.
>>> Still it is odd that I can copy/paste the header or the body but not
>>> both together.
>>
>> I am using plain text for messages, not HTML.  I do not see why that 
>> should make a big difference, however.
>>
> Try this when you have an existing HTML mail and "ask me what to do" as 
> an option in "send format" options.
> Normally you should be able to reproduce. When i do it the quote headers 
> ar viewed with surrounded by red-dots .... it's an html table.
> I think that's the key point to reproduce ... the clipboard of the 
> selection in the forwarded mail is different than the clipboard of the 
> selection in notepad after psting this text in notepad first.
> 
> I used CTRL-C to copy the beginning of a mail created by hitting 
> "forward" ...
> And i cannot CTRL-V to a New mail.
> In Word or in notepad, the CTRL-V works.
> 
> I will try to CTRL-V here in this "reply" in newsgroups to see if it 
> works..
> 
> NO I cannot insert the copied text here,
> So i will do CTRL-V in notepad, then in notepad "Select All" then CTRL-C 
> and CTRL-V here:
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     Infos S?jours et Trekkings Arpernaz
> Date:     Mon, 22 Sep 2014 20:37:20 +0200
> From:     Gusciglio <[email protected]>
> To:     Gusciglio <[email protected]>
> 
> S?jours et Trekkings Arpernaz
> Chers Amies et Amis randonneurs,
> 
> 
> YES IT WORKS, but i am obliged to pass thru notepad to be able to copy 
> it here
> Same for inserting i a new mail.
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:49:54 -0400
> From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: e-mail copy paste issue
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> 
> Ray_Net wrote:
> 
>> Paul B. Gallagher wrote, On 24/09/2014 00:03:
>>>
>>> Sure. Unable to reproduce, as I said earlier. Copy works fine, paste
>>> works fine, even print (Ctrl-P) works fine.
>>>
>> Have you tested using my explanations ? I am able to reproduce at will
>> ... same with hawker.
> 
> I've already answered clearly in the negative several times, I won't 
> repeat myself again. I CANNOT reproduce this no matter how slavishly I 
> follow your instructions. The same goes for the new set below.
> 
>> Try this:
>>
>> I used CTRL-C to copy the beginning of a mail created by hitting
>> "forward" ...
>> And i cannot CTRL-V to a New mail.
>> In Word or in notepad, the CTRL-V works.
>>
> 
> Unable to reproduce. Everything works fine here.
> 
> There must be some crucial difference in our installation (add-ons?) or 
> settings.
> 
> -- 
> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 16:27:12 -0700
> From: stan <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Auto Update
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> EE wrote:
>> stan wrote:
>>> How can I suppress Auto Update for SM?
>>>
>>> The SM2.29 is too buggy so I must keep reinstalling SM2.26
>>>
>>> -Stan
>>
>> I found only 2 bugs, and I found workarounds for both of them.  The
>> address book is properly sorted in the sidebar, so I can use it to get
>> email addresses, and open a compose window from there.  The bookmark
>> backups will not restore, but if one exports them as HTML, one can
>> import them.
>>
>> To stop automatic updates, what I did was go into about:config and
>> change these settings:
>> app.update.auto -> false
>> app.update.enabled -> false
>> app.update.silent -> false
> 
> Well I cant logo into Tools > Password Manager it crashes
> Also it crashes if I want to use this forum.
> 
> To me that is BAD.
> 
> -Stan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:44:28 -0400
> From: WaltS48 <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Auto Update
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
> 
> On 09/23/2014 07:27 PM, stan wrote:
>> EE wrote:
>>> stan wrote:
>>>> How can I suppress Auto Update for SM?
>>>>
>>>> The SM2.29 is too buggy so I must keep reinstalling SM2.26
>>>>
>>>> -Stan
>>>
>>> I found only 2 bugs, and I found workarounds for both of them.  The
>>> address book is properly sorted in the sidebar, so I can use it to get
>>> email addresses, and open a compose window from there.  The bookmark
>>> backups will not restore, but if one exports them as HTML, one can
>>> import them.
>>>
>>> To stop automatic updates, what I did was go into about:config and
>>> change these settings:
>>> app.update.auto -> false
>>> app.update.enabled -> false
>>> app.update.silent -> false
>>
>> Well I cant logo into Tools > Password Manager it crashes
>> Also it crashes if I want to use this forum.
>>
>> To me that is BAD.
>>
>> -Stan
>>
>>
> 
> 
> What does Tools > Password Manager have to do with auto updates?
> 
> 
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> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:48:01 -0400
> From: Smiles <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Images not appearing in SM2.29
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Smiles wrote:
>> Smiles wrote:
>>> GerardJan wrote:
>>>> Live wrote:
>>>>> Images inserted or attached to a message in
>>>>> AnnexCafe newsgroup are not appearing
>>>>> in SM2.29. Uninstalled it and now I'm using
>>>>> SM2.28 where I see the images.
>>>>> Is it a bug in 2.29?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Everything works fine for me, I run the 64bit version of SM 2.29
>>>>
>>>> sincerely,
>>>>
>>> i had the same problem got a pop up asking for program to open
>>> clicked something then i get an endless number of blank tabs opening
>>>
>>> just recreated a new profile going back to2.26
>> if i use old profile going back to 2001 under a reinstall same issue
>> happens
> when i reinstall to a fresh install of  2.29 and use old profile i get a 
> pop up to choose an application to open a link, when message is selected 
> default is SeaMonkey or choose new
> what file do i delete to stop this when i transfer to new install
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:52:22 -0500
> From: "Tim Applegarth" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 78
> Message-ID: <302F2A0363EE4F97B05937516B7D983E@DCG4T9G1>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> Paul and Daniel
> 
> Thanks for your reply and the information on using this list.  I will 
> continue to muddle through all this until I "get the hang of it".
> In the meantime, I received some instruction from someone about the issue I 
> am having with Seamonkey.  I tried all the suggestions but they didn't work. 
> After installing the version 2.29 update, some of the sites I try to access 
> will not load a full page.  One of my financial accounts is inaccessible 
> because the only thing that shows on the page that loads, is the data bar for 
> my user name, but nothing else.  There is no button or other links of any 
> kind to execute the user name action, so I can't continue with entering my 
> password.  I can access the site using Firefox and other browsers but 
> Seamonkey has been rendered somewhat inoperable.  How do I fix this?  I have 
> tried uninstalling Seamonkey and then installing an earlier version, but the 
> same thing still happens.  
> Any suggestions?
> Tim
> 
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>>   1. Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73
>>      (Paul B. Gallagher)
>>   2. Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73 (Daniel)
>>   3. Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73 (Daniel)
>>   4. Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73
>>      (Paul B. Gallagher)
>>   5. Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73 (Daniel)
>>   6. Auto Update (stan)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 03:28:56 -0400
>> From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73
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>> Tim Applegarth wrote:
>> 
>>> For Daniel from Tim
>>>
>>> It seems to me that there are some people, (like myself a computer
>>> novice), using this list, who don't understand how to keep the
>>> postings from becoming mingled so that we can't determine who is
>>> replying to whom, or how to keep the topics separate from each
>>> other. In other words, very few seem to know what's going on. There
>>> needs to be some organization somehow. Are you a moderator?  If not,
>>> will they help?
>> 
>> The short answer is to look at the options on the View menu.
>> 
>> "Sort by: Threaded" will group messages in the same thread 
>> (conversation) together. You can also choose Ascending/Descending 
>> according to whether you want the oldest messages at the top or bottom.
>> 
>> "Threads: With Unread" will filter out threads that contain only 
>> messages already marked as read. Since there are over 87,000 messages in 
>> this newsgroup, you don't want to sift through all that every time you 
>> visit. With this setting, I generally find fewer than 20 new messages 
>> when I check in the morning; the rest are hidden.
>> 
>> The attribution line ("So-and-so wrote:") at the top tells you who is 
>> writing, and there should be nested attribution lines under that if he's 
>> quoting previous posters.
>> 
>> It's not so complicated, and it's not true that "very few seem to know 
>> what's going on." Only newbies and rare posters find it confusing. Stick 
>> around and you'll get the hang of it.
>> 
>> -- 
>> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
>> --
>> Paul B. Gallagher
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:36:19 +1000
>> From: Daniel <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>> 
>> On 23/09/14 16:03, Tim Applegarth wrote:
>>> For Daniel from Tim
>>>
>>> It seems to me that there are some people, (like myself a computer novice), 
>>> using this list, who don't understand how to keep the postings from 
>>> becoming mingled so that we can't determine who is replying to whom, or how 
>>> to keep the topics separate from each other.
>>> In other words, very few seem to know what's going on.
>>> There needs to be some organization somehow.
>>> Are you a moderator?  If not, will they help?
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>> 
>> Tim, there are several ways that you can access these mozilla newsgroups.
>> 
>> The way you have currently selected is to receive all the posts to the 
>> news group as an e-mail. This is known as using the lists.
>> 
>> Rather than receiving everything as one e-mail, you could try using 
>> Groups-Google and subscribe to the group mozilla.support.seamonkey. 
>> There you can select which posts you want to read, and ignore the rest. 
>> And, if you feel so incline, you can reply to any posts made.
>> 
>> The third method is to set yourself up a news account (I've got no idea 
>> how to do that in MS Outlook Express V 6.0) connecting to 
>> news.mozilla.org and then subscribing to the mozilla.support.seamonkey. 
>> Again, this way you could select which posts you read and/or reply to!
>> 
>> -- 
>> Daniel
>> 
>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:32.0) Gecko/20100101 
>> SeaMonkey/2.29 Build identifier: 20140829003846
>> or
>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 
>> SeaMonkey/2.26 Build identifier: 20140408191805
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:38:43 +1000
>> From: Daniel <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>> 
>> On 23/09/14 17:28, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>> Tim Applegarth wrote:
>>>
>>>> For Daniel from Tim
>>>>
>>>> It seems to me that there are some people, (like myself a computer
>>>> novice), using this list, who don't understand how to keep the
>>>> postings from becoming mingled so that we can't determine who is
>>>> replying to whom, or how to keep the topics separate from each
>>>> other. In other words, very few seem to know what's going on. There
>>>> needs to be some organization somehow. Are you a moderator?  If not,
>>>> will they help?
>>>
>>> The short answer is to look at the options on the View menu.
>>>
>>> "Sort by: Threaded" will group messages in the same thread
>>> (conversation) together. You can also choose Ascending/Descending
>>> according to whether you want the oldest messages at the top or bottom.
>>>
>>> "Threads: With Unread" will filter out threads that contain only
>>> messages already marked as read. Since there are over 87,000 messages in
>>> this newsgroup, you don't want to sift through all that every time you
>>> visit. With this setting, I generally find fewer than 20 new messages
>>> when I check in the morning; the rest are hidden.
>>>
>>> The attribution line ("So-and-so wrote:") at the top tells you who is
>>> writing, and there should be nested attribution lines under that if he's
>>> quoting previous posters.
>>>
>>> It's not so complicated, and it's not true that "very few seem to know
>>> what's going on." Only newbies and rare posters find it confusing. Stick
>>> around and you'll get the hang of it.
>>>
>> Paul, did you note that the OP was posting using MSOE??
>> 
>> -- 
>> Daniel
>> 
>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:32.0) Gecko/20100101 
>> SeaMonkey/2.29 Build identifier: 20140829003846
>> or
>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 
>> SeaMonkey/2.26 Build identifier: 20140408191805
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:39:55 -0400
>> From: "Paul B. Gallagher" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>> 
>> Daniel wrote:
>>> On 23/09/14 17:28, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>>> Tim Applegarth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For Daniel from Tim
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems to me that there are some people, (like myself a computer
>>>>> novice), using this list, who don't understand how to keep the
>>>>> postings from becoming mingled so that we can't determine who is
>>>>> replying to whom, or how to keep the topics separate from each
>>>>> other. In other words, very few seem to know what's going on. There
>>>>> needs to be some organization somehow. Are you a moderator?  If not,
>>>>> will they help?
>>>>
>>>> The short answer is to look at the options on the View menu.
>>>>
>>>> "Sort by: Threaded" will group messages in the same thread
>>>> (conversation) together. You can also choose Ascending/Descending
>>>> according to whether you want the oldest messages at the top or bottom.
>>>>
>>>> "Threads: With Unread" will filter out threads that contain only
>>>> messages already marked as read. Since there are over 87,000 messages in
>>>> this newsgroup, you don't want to sift through all that every time you
>>>> visit. With this setting, I generally find fewer than 20 new messages
>>>> when I check in the morning; the rest are hidden.
>>>>
>>>> The attribution line ("So-and-so wrote:") at the top tells you who is
>>>> writing, and there should be nested attribution lines under that if he's
>>>> quoting previous posters.
>>>>
>>>> It's not so complicated, and it's not true that "very few seem to know
>>>> what's going on." Only newbies and rare posters find it confusing. Stick
>>>> around and you'll get the hang of it.
>>>>
>>> Paul, did you note that the OP was posting using MSOE??
>> 
>> No, it never occurred to me that was even possible. Why would an OE user 
>> be posting here?
>> 
>> -- 
>> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
>> --
>> Paul B. Gallagher
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 01:07:23 +1000
>> From: Daniel <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 105, Issue 73
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>> 
>> On 23/09/14 22:39, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>> Daniel wrote:
>>>> On 23/09/14 17:28, Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>>>>> Tim Applegarth wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> For Daniel from Tim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems to me that there are some people, (like myself a computer
>>>>>> novice), using this list, who don't understand how to keep the
>>>>>> postings from becoming mingled so that we can't determine who is
>>>>>> replying to whom, or how to keep the topics separate from each
>>>>>> other. In other words, very few seem to know what's going on. There
>>>>>> needs to be some organization somehow. Are you a moderator?  If not,
>>>>>> will they help?
>>>>>
>>>>> The short answer is to look at the options on the View menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Sort by: Threaded" will group messages in the same thread
>>>>> (conversation) together. You can also choose Ascending/Descending
>>>>> according to whether you want the oldest messages at the top or bottom.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Threads: With Unread" will filter out threads that contain only
>>>>> messages already marked as read. Since there are over 87,000 messages in
>>>>> this newsgroup, you don't want to sift through all that every time you
>>>>> visit. With this setting, I generally find fewer than 20 new messages
>>>>> when I check in the morning; the rest are hidden.
>>>>>
>>>>> The attribution line ("So-and-so wrote:") at the top tells you who is
>>>>> writing, and there should be nested attribution lines under that if he's
>>>>> quoting previous posters.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not so complicated, and it's not true that "very few seem to know
>>>>> what's going on." Only newbies and rare posters find it confusing. Stick
>>>>> around and you'll get the hang of it.
>>>>>
>>>> Paul, did you note that the OP was posting using MSOE??
>>>
>>> No, it never occurred to me that was even possible. Why would an OE user
>>> be posting here?
>>>
>> Beats me!! Maybe he's seen the error of his ways!! :-)
>> 
>> -- 
>> Daniel
>> 
>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:32.0) Gecko/20100101 
>> SeaMonkey/2.29 Build identifier: 20140829003846
>> or
>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 
>> SeaMonkey/2.26 Build identifier: 20140408191805
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:38:44 -0700
>> From: stan <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Auto Update
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>> 
>> How can I suppress Auto Update for SM?
>> 
>> The SM2.29 is too buggy so I must keep reinstalling SM2.26
>> 
>> -Stan
>> 
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