> -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 July 2003 12:55 > > On Tuesday 01 July 2003 18:08, Ford, Mike [LSS] wrote: >
Watch your quoting attributions -- I didn't say this first bit, Derick did: > > > You'll have to learn to adjust then I guess. And do those > 2k really > > > matter? Come on... Just get a good mailer that defaults to > > > "Reply-All" > > > (like, mutt, pine, pcpine) > > > > Some of us don't have the choice -- we work in a corporate > or institutional > > environment where the decision is made centrally. (Hence > M$ Outlook 98 > > here!!!) > > If your organisation see fit to use to such broken rubbish > when there are much > better alternatives available (eg The Bat!) then you just > have to put up -- > or you can choose to work in a better environment ;-) > > M$ has already done enough harm to standards, netiquette & > best practices, > with all the crap settings that they put into Outlook > [Express] (like having > Word/HTML as the default message format, top posting, their > tnef format for > attachments etc.) Oh, I wouldn't argue with you -- and I do what I can to overcome those limitations (no top posting here!) -- but, in my current position, I have no choice about what I use as an email client in the first place. I just thought Derick's response was a bit cavalier, which prompted me to want to make the point that not everyone actually *does* have the choice. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
