Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
Julia Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> I learned something interesting about cats last night. If you cloned >> a tortoise shell or a calico cat, the clone would be a black cat or a >> white cat but it could never be a tortoise shell or a calico. Weird >> huh? > >

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: > I learned something interesting about cats last night. If you cloned a > tortoise shell or a calico cat, the clone would be a black cat or a > white cat but it could never be a tortoise shell or a calico. Weird huh? How does that work? (One book th

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
Our cats are named Spooky and Angus. Spooky was named by her former owner for her penchant for disappearing and reappearing when you least expect it. She is a tortoise shell Manx and can be very hard to see in dark places. My wife named Angus after Angus Young of AC/DC. He is a bengal tabby with w

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-22 Thread Nick Arnett
We had "Bugs," named not for software, as some might guess, but because he ate them and he bugged people a lot. He's the one who disappeared, then I found that he was living nearby. He's also been called "that feral cat" and "mad cat" by Dave Land's family. I was just thinking that a title of

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-22 Thread Gary Denton
> > > > I had a cat named Midnight about 12-13 years ago. One day he/she (?) just > "ran away". And since then I've had a slew of pets. But just for some fun, > let me list out the names of all the cats that I can remember: > > -Midnight > -Tittles > -Mother Cat > -Curious > -One Eyed Willie >

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-18 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions) Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:09:50 -0600 At 10:13 AM Tuesday 2/8/2005, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Ray Ludenia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use "The Enforcer"a squirt gun filled with water and a tiny bit (teaspoon) of white vinegar. Why the vinegar my dear? Because, dahling, cats

RE: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-09 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Travis Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use "The > >Enforcer"a squirt gun filled with water and a > >tiny bit (teaspoon) of white vinegar. > Why the vinegar my dear? Because, dahling, cats (and dog

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:13 AM Tuesday 2/8/2005, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Ray Ludenia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:52:17 +1100 On 08/02/2005, at 6:09 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote:

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-08 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Ray Ludenia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:52:17 +1100 On 08/02/2005, at 6:09 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> F

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-08 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 08/02/2005, at 6:09 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use "The Enforcer"a squirt gun filled with water and a tiny bit (teaspoon) of white vinegar. Why the vinegar my dear? Obvious! It's for a sour-puss. Regards, Ray

RE: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-07 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions) Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:50:25 -0800 (PST) For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use "The Enforcer"a squirt gun fi

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-05 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:53:01 -0800 (PST), kerri miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (Text snipped) I just noticed your e-mail address. Very amusing :-) MD ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-01 Thread Deborah Harrell
> kerri miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use "The > > Enforcer"a squirt gun filled with water and a tiny > > bit (teaspoon) of white vinegar. Now, just stating in > > That Voice "Enfrcer..."

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-01 Thread kerri miller
--- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use "The > Enforcer"a squirt gun filled with water and a tiny > bit (teaspoon) of white vinegar. Now, just stating in > That Voice "Enfrcer..." sends young Bashir > bouncing away from whatever he

Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-01 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > >What little slack I've had this afternoon is being > interrupted by a > >pain-in-the-ass cat who likes to tear things up. In > the middle of > >posting this he tore into a roll of toilet paper, > spreading it all > >ove

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:52 PM Saturday 1/8/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: What little slack I've had this afternoon is being interrupted by a pain-in-the-ass cat who likes to tear things up. In the middle of posting this he tore into a roll of toilet paper, spreading it all over the bathroom. We've tried keeping pape

Re: Vision question, was E-mail program questions

2005-01-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:48 AM Saturday 1/8/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Speaking of visionfor the last few months I have been convinced that my glasses were out of date and I needed to get my vision rechecked for a new prescription. Things were just as blurry with them on as with them off. It has not been

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Amanda Marlowe
Erik Reuter wrote: Because when I su, it is frequently to configure something in /etc. And here I thought when people su-ed, they went to /court, not to /etc... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread William T Goodall
On 11 Jan 2005, at 6:28 pm, God wrote: Erik, if Warren has posted nothing you consider worthwile reading, why do you read his posts and reply to them? I surmise he sometimes succumbs to a charitable impulse to help improve his fellow man. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread God
Erik Reuter rudely contributed: > * Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > wrong? Or is it just possible that the information we're > giving you -- > > that you're curt at best, rude at least, and arrogant at > worst online > > -- might in fact be completely true? > > Has it occurr

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Ritu
Rich wrote: > > I dunno about that, but it was the UK where more than 50% of the > > respondents claimed 'Jedi' as their religion during the last census. > > Not quite: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm > > Rich, who should've listed "Sith" My figures were way off the mark... Than

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Richard Baker
Ritu said: > I dunno about that, but it was the UK where more than 50% of the > respondents claimed 'Jedi' as their religion during the last census. Not quite: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm Rich, who should've listed "Sith" ___ http://ww

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Ritu
Warren Ockrassa asked: > Isn't it Australia were "Jedi" is recognized as a legitimate religion > by the government? I dunno about that, but it was the UK where more than 50% of the respondents claimed 'Jedi' as their religion during the last census. Ritu __

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Doug Pensinger
Warren wrote: It's your life, your time to waste, and your problem, of course. But of course he doesn't consider it a problem and there's not much any of us could do or say to change that. So perhaps the right way to deal with those mannerisms that we are uncomfortable with but that we can't do

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Gary Nunn
Rob wrote... > > Or do we wait for Nick to kick God off the list because he might be > > Jeroen? Our false god Apophis wannabe wrote... > Thou dareth equate Me with a mere mortal thou calleth Jeroen? > Thou wisheth to violate My First and My Sixth Commandment? > Thou really wisheth for Me t

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Trent Shipley
On Monday 2005-01-10 16:46, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > > If thou werest truely God, Thou wouldst be able to communicate in the > > modern f*cking vernacular. > > Actually, you'd think the deity would be able to produce a simplified, > unambigu

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 10, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: wrong? Or is it just possible that the information we're giving you -- that you're curt at best, rude at least, and arrogant at worst online -- might in fact be completely true? Has it occurred to you that

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 10, 2005, at 5:35 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: wrong? Or is it just possible that the information we're giving you -- that you're curt at best, rude at least, and arrogant at worst online -- might in fact be completely true? Has it occurred to you that

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Erik Reuter
* Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > wrong? Or is it just possible that the information we're giving you -- > that you're curt at best, rude at least, and arrogant at worst online > -- might in fact be completely true? Has it occurred to you that I don't care one whit about your opinion

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 10, 2005, at 5:13 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Hmm, perhaps "god" speaks Esperanto. ;) How easy is Esperanto to learn by someone who's spoken nothing but Japanese up to the point of trying to learn it? Much easier than learning English. And apparently Klingon is about as useful as Esperanto the

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > > > If thou werest truely God, Thou wouldst be able to communicate in the > > modern f*cking vernacular. > > Actually, you'd think the deity would be able to produce a simplified, > unambig

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:46 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: If thou werest truely God, Thou wouldst be able to communicate in the modern f*cking vernacular. Actually, you'd think the deity would be able to produce a simplified, unambiguous language th

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 9, 2005, at 3:53 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:33:14PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: I also think it's rude to offer advice on a topic and, when asked for further information, to behave as though you've been massively inconvenienced, your attention diverted from other ma

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: If thou werest truely God, Thou wouldst be able to communicate in the modern f*cking vernacular. Actually, you'd think the deity would be able to produce a simplified, unambiguous language that was easy to learn. Hmm, perhaps "god" speaks Es

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
God wrote: > Robert Seeberger spoketh: > >> Question to religious listmembers: >> >> Are religious peoples required to killfile this particular "GOD" >> individual because of the first commandment? > > For the Christians: Such act would violate My updated Sixth > Commandment: Thou shalt not kill(fi

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread God
Robert Seeberger spoketh: > Question to religious listmembers: > > Are religious peoples required to killfile this particular "GOD" > individual because of the first commandment? For the Christians: Such act would violate My updated Sixth Commandment: Thou shalt not kill(file). For all others

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Erik Reuter
* Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What version are you using? 0.53b > haven't noticed the stuff you're describing... but then again, I'm > probably just not paying attention. Probably not. I'm not sure why anyone would worry about the window title bar, since the command prompt has the

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Thunderbird does a similar act with threading and it seems to work pretty good. Is there any way to change the look of Mutt? I was curious how threading compared on mutt, Thun

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Nick Arnett
Robert Seeberger wrote: So it was a bit of a mixed bag for Thunderbird. It replicated all my settings accurately and seems to possess a superior functionality overall (in comparison to OE at least). The downside was that it didn't replicate my filters (which I find problematic since the filtering s

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Nick Arnett
Erik Reuter wrote: You'll have to bombast someone else. Perhaps you could bombast the author of PuTTy, if you're so keen to bombast someone. Nah, I like PuTTy. Use it just about every day... I probably have at least two sessions going all the time. What version are you using? I haven't noticed

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Gary Denton
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:16:55 -0600, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > >> Thunderbird does a similar act with threading and it seems to work > >> pretty good. Is there any way to change the look

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > Gary Nunn wrote: > >If you can't stand the heat, don't tickle the dragon > > Oh, is *that* what the kids are calling it these days? :-) > > Jim > No gag too base Maru Considering all the problems Tommy has been having with reflux, I consider "gag"

Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Jim Sharkey
Gary Nunn wrote: >If you can't stand the heat, don't tickle the dragon Oh, is *that* what the kids are calling it these days? :-) Jim No gag too base Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
God wrote: > Gary Nunn spoketh: > >> I guess that we can add "Email Clients" to the "sensitive >> topics" list right up there with abortion, gay marriage, >> politics, gun control and comparisons of list members to Hitler. > > You forgot to include "which OS is superior: Windows or MacOS or > *nix?

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
Erik Reuter wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> Thunderbird does a similar act with threading and it seems to work >> pretty good. Is there any way to change the look of Mutt? > > I was curious how threading compared on mutt, Thunderbird, and > mail.app.

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Julia Thompson
God wrote: Gary Nunn spoketh: I guess that we can add "Email Clients" to the "sensitive topics" list right up there with abortion, gay marriage, politics, gun control and comparisons of list members to Hitler. You forgot to include "which OS is superior: Windows or MacOS or *nix?" :)

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 08:04:33AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > >On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 06:45:44PM -0500, maru wrote: > > > > > >>But more importantly, were you running mutt as root, you naughty > >>person? > > > > > >No, that is a bug in PuTTy. > > And how come your cwd is et

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Julia Thompson wrote: What is your favorite e-mail program? What's the best thing about it? What's the worst thing about it? What OSs does it work under? Is it more mouse-dependent or can it be mostly or fully driven from the keyboard? How much would it cost for me to get a properly license

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Nick Arnett
Erik Reuter wrote: Thunderbird manages to get threading mostly correct, but it sometimes places replies in the wrong place in the tree. It looks like the threading code is basing much of its decisions on the Subject: header, when it really should be using References: and In-Reply-To:. It

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Nick Arnett
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 06:45:44PM -0500, maru wrote: But more importantly, were you running mutt as root, you naughty person? No, that is a bug in PuTTy. And how come your cwd is etc? Just curious, though I'm tempted to bombast about how nobody belongs in etc unless they're c

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread God
Gary Nunn spoketh: > I guess that we can add "Email Clients" to the "sensitive > topics" list right up there with abortion, gay marriage, > politics, gun control and comparisons of list members to Hitler. You forgot to include "which OS is superior: Windows or MacOS or *nix?" :)

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:33:14PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > No; I think it's rude to assume that the entire world will sit quietly > at your lotus-flower feet and play rapt attention as dulcet strains > of truth fall like gems from your ruby lips, carefully taking note of > every jewel of a

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 8, 2005, at 12:20 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: So you felt that resorting to rudeness was the most proper response? You think stating a fact ("please pay attention if you want me to reply to your questions") is rude. No; I think it's

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:16:41PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > If everyone really meant "fully customizable" when they said it, it > wouldn't be an issue. Unfortunately, over 50% of the people using > it don't *really* mean it, and it may be over 90%. It's become a > buzzword (buzzphrase?) th

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Is there any way to change the look of Mutt? > > Of course, didn't you to the link I gave? Mutt is fully customizable, as > I said. > > > Your screenshot looks like it was designed

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:41:17AM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > The mutt site is really more a vast collection of links, and I'm more > > likely to align with Robert here -- if you're recommending the product > > ostensibly you know something abou

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 09:56:29PM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > > Or am I about to *really* start an argument with that statement? :) > > > > It's the same old argument: Great Taste or Less Filling? > > Are you trying to start a real flamewar about can

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Gary Nunn wrote: > > Circus Peanuts? I prefer Peeps, myself. > > > > Or am I about to *really* start an argument with that statement? :) > > It's the same old argument: Great Taste or Less Filling? > > Actually, I have to agree with you on this, had I had access to peeps

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Gary Nunn
> > Erik, sometimes you surprise me by allowing that well > hidden sense of > > humor of yours to peek out :-) > > Gary, now there is no need to be rude... [hanging my head] your right, forgive me... It is the sugar high making me crazy tonight :-) __

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:23:32PM -0500, maru wrote: > Now that's interesting: I use 'sudo' meself. A curious bug in > puTTY. Another thing: wouldn't your prompt change automatically, from > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] On my system, the prompt is set automatically whenever a person

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread maru
Now that's interesting: I use 'sudo' meself. A curious bug in puTTY. Another thing: wouldn't your prompt change automatically, from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I take it from your last section that you are actually getting all your email from /var/mail/, right, since if you were u

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:08:38PM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: > Erik, sometimes you surprise me by allowing that well hidden sense of > humor of yours to peek out :-) Gary, now there is no need to be rude... -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Gary Nunn
Julia wrote... > > > Or am I about to *really* start an argument with that > statement? :) I wrote > > It's the same old argument: Great Taste or Less Filling? Erik wrote > Are you trying to start a real flamewar about candy? Erik, sometimes you surprise me by allowing that well hid

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 09:56:29PM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: > > Or am I about to *really* start an argument with that statement? :) > > It's the same old argument: Great Taste or Less Filling? Are you trying to start a real flamewar about candy? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Gary Nunn
> I was waiting for someone to point out just who had stirred > up the hornet's nest. ;) I guess that we can add "Email Clients" to the "sensitive topics" list right up there with abortion, gay marriage, politics, gun control and comparisons of list members to Hitler. > Circus Peanuts? I pr

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > Thunderbird does a similar act with threading and it seems to work > pretty good. Is there any way to change the look of Mutt? I was curious how threading compared on mutt, Thunderbird, and mail.app. A google turned up this post:

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
I was waiting for someone to point out just who had stirred up the hornet's nest. ;) On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >>>All of the rude, sarcastic and abrasive comments snipped for reasons of > sanity. > > > Julia, your such a troublemaker What the hell were you

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 06:45:44PM -0500, maru wrote: > But more importantly, were you running mutt as root, you naughty > person? To elaborate, PuTTy changes the window title to root whenever it detects an "su", but it does not change the window title back when the su is exited. Not a big deal s

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, maru wrote: > ~Maru > Unsolicited security advice is the best kind! Depends on the form it takes. :) Hacking into someone's system without permission and then pointing out the problem to them isn't terribly good. Noting a possible problem without hacking and pointing it

Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Gary Nunn
> > > > >>>All of the rude, sarcastic and abrasive comments snipped for reasons of sanity. Julia, your such a troublemaker What the hell were you thinking when you posted such an inflammatory and provocative question like "what email program should I use?" Although, I must admit that Rob'

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 06:45:44PM -0500, maru wrote: > But more importantly, were you running mutt as root, you naughty > person? No, that is a bug in PuTTy. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/br

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread maru
Erik Reuter wrote: http://erikreuter.net/erik/misc/mutt2.html By the way, here is a screenshot showing another trick the mutt can do. Colorizing each level of quotes in a message. Of course it only works if other emailers don't mangle the quotes... No doubt it will make Rob's eyes hurt, but it help

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:52:54PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > Mutt looks good and I would try it if I could find a Win port of it, > but I didn't see anything to that regard on the page you linked to. http://cygwin.com/ I haven't tried it, but you should be able to run mutt under Cygwin. (

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
Erik Reuter wrote: > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:17:29PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >> - Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" >> >>> On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:04:50PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: >>> From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 0

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 04:25:29PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: > And to get back on subject, your email reply had serious problems. It > really mangled the quote lines. It took me longer to fix that then to > type the reply. http://erikreuter.net/erik/misc/mutt2.html By the way, here is a screensh

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:17:29PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" > > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:04:50PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 02:44:06PM -0600, Rob

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:07 PM Subject: Re: E-mail program questions > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:04:50PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > &

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 03:04:50PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:55 PM > Subject: Re: E-mail program quest

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 2:55 PM Subject: Re: E-mail program questions > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 02:44:06PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > --

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 02:44:06PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > - Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" > > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > > > > > Did you get beaten up a lot in school or something? > > > > Did you have trouble with girls in s

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 1:20 PM Subject: Re: E-mail program questions > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > >

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 08:26:47PM +, Richard Baker wrote: > Erik said: > > > You think stating a fact ("please pay attention if you want me to > > reply to your questions") is rude. > > I think the quoted text is not, strictly speaking, a fact. You are, of course, correct. The phrasing was,

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Richard Baker
Erik said: > You think stating a fact ("please pay attention if you want me to > reply to your questions") is rude. I think the quoted text is not, strictly speaking, a fact. > I think not paying attention but still expecting people to provide > helpful responses is not particularly astute. Espe

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > Well it would seem, based on the nature of your comments here, that > you are on the wrong list. Perhaps, since you and Gary started posting. But that is easily solved with a kill file if it gets to be a problem. -- Erik Reuter

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > So you felt that resorting to rudeness was the most proper response? You think stating a fact ("please pay attention if you want me to reply to your questions") is rude. You are entitled to your opinion, even if it is silly. But d

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:40:55AM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > Perhaps there's another way to convince him. What's the system load > mutt imposes? My Mail.app is currently using 42 MB actual, 130 MB > virtual memory, which is a hell of a lot for email. Below is the output of top while mutt is

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 8, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:41:17AM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: The mutt site is really more a vast collection of links, and I'm more likely to align with Robert here -- if you're recommending the product ostensibly you know something about it, and i

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:41:17AM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > The mutt site is really more a vast collection of links, and I'm more > likely to align with Robert here -- if you're recommending the product > ostensibly you know something about it, and it might be much more > sensible to ask a

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 12:34 PM Subject: Re: E-mail program questions > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:48:19AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 8, 2005, at 11:34 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:48:19AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Certainly, but you know how it is.lots of programs use the term "fully customizable" when they actually aren't. It never hurts to If you really did go to the mutt webpage link I

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:48:19AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > Certainly, but you know how it is.lots of programs use the > term "fully customizable" when they actually aren't. It never hurts to If you really did go to the mutt webpage link I provided, you would have been able to rea

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: Re: E-mail program questions > Methinks Robert was expecting something other than a text-only console > window

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: Re: E-mail program questions > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Is th

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005, Gary Denton wrote: > I have used Netscape, Microsoft Outlook, and Outlook Express. I think > I briefly tried Eudora. I liked Netscape the best and Outlook was > fine for work but I didn't like for home. I have used Outlook Express > for home for years but am increasingly d

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 8, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 07:12:58AM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:34:05PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: What is your favorite e-mail program? The Mutt E-Mail Client http://www.mutt.org/ By the way, if you want to see how mutt's nif

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:07:02AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > Is there any way to change the look of Mutt? Of course, didn't you to the link I gave? Mutt is fully customizable, as I said. > Your screenshot looks like it was designed for an Atari 2600 at worst > or a 286 at best. Ugly as si

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:10 AM Subject: Re: E-mail program questions > On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 07:12:58AM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Jan

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 07:12:58AM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 10:34:05PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > What is your favorite e-mail program? > > The Mutt E-Mail Client > http://www.mutt.org/ By the way, if you want to see how mutt's nifty threading feature looks on Bri

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Steve Sloan
Warren Ockrassa wrote: Netscape Communicator has a very nice thread manager for discussion groups (!) and integrates more or less seamlessly with Navigator. (Freeware.) That's close to the one I'd recommend, Mozilla Thunderbird. It's free, and has a Bayesian spam filter. It also works like the old

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