"Jef Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> While I have seen the aversion to MS products on this list, I do like > the way Outlook allows me to sort by subject then by received > date/time. It is "smart enough" to handle the replies as part of a > subject flow. > That doesn't change the fact that Mocrslops refusal to follow established standards make it nearly impossible for their *experienced* to follow those same standards. Add millions of new users every month and Micro$lop has managed to totally destroy the standard. That leads to the mentioned "aversion." > Usually most of the threads are in blocks in the intray. I don't know > if other products allow this. > There are many email and newsreaders that have allowed threading for much longer than OE. Some do it much better. Of course, when OE comes free on every desktop more and more of the alternatives are going away. More reason for the adversion.... > The sorting does go astray when someone changes the subject - so > please restrain yourselves. > But what do we do when the thread a) goes *totally* off-topic or b) changes to a new subject? Convention has always been that the subject should reflect the content, and that there should be a way for the reader to filter out the OT messages. As much as I would like to see you be able to use OE to the fullest, it is more important to me that I follow 20 year old established conventions. > My 2¢ > My 2¢ would be that even more important than posting your response directly after the text you are replying to would be to remove extra text. Because you failed to do that those that read the digest will be forced to wade through Ray's post all over again. While it was a high quality post, full of vim and vigor, one reading should be enough for the slowest of us. I don't really care whether you follow the convention or not, but please, *please*, **please**, trim your posts so the digesters can get the full value from the list! -- ~ kevin zollinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
