"Tibor Mocsar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> The more I encounter such messages the more I develope understanding
> for the flamers.IMO this is the most serious bug in MS mailprogs,
> because they (again) try to establish their own silly "standard" versus
> RFCs.
Which RFC pertains to mail content? I recall the old Usenet convention that
was loosely enforced regarding quoted versus new content, and the length of
signatures.
Interestingly, when I use pine in a non-GUI Linux environment, it looks
nearly identical if I tell it to quote the original message. Same with
Netscape, also under Linux. Microsoft (and most other) products allow
turning off of the feature, but the problem is users who don't bother to
learn the program. It's just as easy to do stupid stuff in other
environments. This is hardly Microsoft-specific, either in format or
practice. The worst one might accuse Microsoft of is including a few extra
header lines, but those are just as easily edited away and are often useful.
I find the willingness of folks to make up things to accuse Microsoft of
pretty silly. MS is not my favorite company, and they have done plenty
enough to warrant criticism, but to blame user laziness on them exclusively
really puts the credibility of this list in question. To accuse Microsoft of
consipiring with the telcos to drive up costs, when pay-per-minute is pretty
well gone in their largest market really takes it past the limit. There are
tons of new users around and they tend to do stupid things. We'll see plenty
of bonehead moves as alternatives gain in popularity. I've already seen it
on some Linux mailing lists.
- Bob
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