Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-13 Thread Jason Brooke
> Right. You're still using Outlook on a technical mailing list. So? You're still a moron - yet that doesn't stop you. Besides, he's using Outlook Express, not Outlook > message still looks bad, has no reference headers (cf. "broken list > archive") and so on. Looks fine from here. Alpha-numeri

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-13 Thread Robin S . Socha
Quoting Einar Bordewich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > "Robin S. Socha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Hubbard, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What does the MUA have to do with an MTA? > > > > Show me a competent Unix admin using Outlook or a similar > > abomination and I won't show you the difference

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-13 Thread Einar Bordewich
336 1420 E-Mail: eibo(at)newmedia.no - Original Message - From: "Chris Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 11:11 PM Subject: Re: Outlook Express Prank > On Mon,

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-13 Thread Einar Bordewich
- Original Message - From: "Robin S. Socha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Qmail-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Outlook Express Prank > * Hubbard, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What doe

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-12 Thread James Stevens
t;>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 12/12/00, 11:22:18 AM, Aaron "L." Meehan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Outlook Express Prank: > Quoting James Stevens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): &

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-12 Thread Aaron L. Meehan
Quoting James Stevens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Without going into a 20 page technical look at every bug here's some > simple tips even biggeners should know. > > 1. Don't use the 'Preview' plane. > 2. Don't let or set Outlook to open messages automatically. > 3. Don't open any executable or any ot

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Jason Brooke
Just when you thought he couldn't possibly more clearly define the word moronic through his typed dialogue... jason This email brought to you by Outlook Express - accept it > Show me a competent Unix admin using Outlook or a similar abomination > and I won't show you the difference. > > Recomm

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Alex Pennace
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:45:40PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote: > I'm asking for a bit of professionalism. Whoever posted that practical > joke was doing it on purpose -- and that's not professional at all. > Professionals know that it takes a lot of work to build, and very little > to dest

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread James Stevens
rest (grin) --JT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 12/11/00, 1:19:27 PM, Robin "S." Socha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Outlook Express

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Amitai Schlair
martin langhoff wrote: > We are on the *internet*. Welcome. Precisely. If you must use software that cannot handle the full spectrum of demands the Internet presents, don't blame the Internet. - Amitai

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Chris Johnson
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 05:46:02PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote: > I'm asking for a bit of professionalism. Whoever posted that practical > joke was doing it on purpose -- and that's not professional at all. > Professionals know that it takes a lot of work to build, and very little > to dest

RE: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Goran Blazic
Exactly my point... I wouldn't say for myself, that I am a competent sysadmin... After all I take care of only five servers running qmail on Linux... The company I work for uses Exchange, so I am forced to use Outlook (2k). I would use anything else, but the smtp port is closed to the outside... s

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 10:19:27PM +0100, "Robin S. Socha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Recommended reading for obvious newbies like yourself: > I took a look at the attribute page because I had had a recent discussion with someone over whether or not date and/or

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Hubbard, David
mail-List Subject: Re: Outlook Express Prank Show me a competent Unix admin using Outlook or a similar abomination and I won't show you the difference. Recommended reading for obvious newbies like yourself: <http://learn.to/attribute/> <http://learn.to/sign/> <http://learn.t

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Justin Bell
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:03:20PM -0500, Alex Pennace wrote: # On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:46:02PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote: # > Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you # > wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very # > unfriendly. No one de

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread martin langhoff
Felix von Leitner wrote: > What in the seven hells are you talking about? > Who did what prank that caused Outlook to barf and die? > > And if that happened as you insinuate above, why would you blame him and > not Outlook? Felix, please, inform yourself and you'll save time. A few ho

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread martin langhoff
Felix von Leitner wrote: > Doesn't it seem a little idiotic to use Outlook on a > mailing list about an Unix MTA? We are on the *internet*. Welcome. Many people, many machines, lots of strange company policies, personal choices and other constraints. Please refrain from making

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Robin S. Socha
* Hubbard, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What does the MUA have to do with an MTA? Show me a competent Unix admin using Outlook or a similar abomination and I won't show you the difference. Recommended reading for obvious newbies like yourself:

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread martin langhoff
Alex, this is not a call for censorchip, please! We are on a public list! I'm asking for a bit of professionalism. Whoever posted that practical joke was doing it on purpose -- and that's not professional at all. Professionals know that it takes a lot of work to build, and very

RE: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Hubbard, David
What does the MUA have to do with an MTA? -Original Message- From: Felix von Leitner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Outlook Express Prank Doesn't it seem a little idiotic to use Outlook on a mailing list abo

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Felix von Leitner
Thus spake martin langhoff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > this is not reasonable. > Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you > wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very > unfriendly. No one deserves being crashed by a prankster, and nobody is >

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Nathan J. Mehl
In the immortal words of Alex Pennace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > No one deserves to be censored because some people made a poor choice > for their MUA. At what point, exactly, did asking someone to act like (a) a professional and (b) a decent human being become censorship? Oh, right, the same point

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Mike Jackson
Hi, Could somebody resend me the original post concerning this? It seems I deleted it on accident and it may have been removed from the list archives... Thanks, Mike

Re: Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread Alex Pennace
On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:46:02PM -0300, martin langhoff wrote: > Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you > wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very > unfriendly. No one deserves being crashed by a prankster, and nobody is > expecting such

Outlook Express Prank

2000-12-11 Thread martin langhoff
boys and girls, this is not reasonable. Please do be kind with your fellow admins even if they do things you wouldn't do. Dropping a bomb such as that, *knowingly* is very unfriendly. No one deserves being crashed by a prankster, and nobody is expecting such uncivil behaviour in