Re: (No Subject)

Hi there! On 21 Nov 99, at 5:00, Steve Lamb wrote about "Re: (No Subject)": And now, Steve, could you please go and *translate* this to proper (i mean, literal) English? I confess, this time I didn't understand good half of words you used, although I (and my dictionary) re

[OT) Discussion list netiquette [was Re: (No Subject)]

Hi all, Steve Lamb wrote: > Society has gotten a little *too* polite and it is time for it to change. It would appear that you missed the whole point of the example. I used MS as an example to illustrate that human interaction is of prime importance and that it can't simply be cast aside

Re: [OT) Discussion list netiquette [was Re: (No Subject)]

Hallo Ali, On Sunday, November 21, 1999, 8:34:02 PM (GMT+0800), Ali Martin wrote: Ali>>> c) If someone makes a suggestion that is their own selfish desire I Ali>>> really don't think the developers at Ritlabs will suddenly implement Ali>>> it, especially on this very basis, unless it's a compell

Re: (No Subject)

Sunday, November 21, 1999, 4:07:05 AM, Ali wrote: > This is why MS became successful enough to wield monopoly power, i.e., nice > advertising and making their customers feel good, giving them what they want > instead of telling them what they need. I know that this is not a good thing > but I'm ju

[OT) Discussion list netiquette [was Re: (No Subject)]

Hi all, tracer wrote: Ali>> You really didn't need to use my profession to get your point across. > I already made this comparison ( locally) many times. > In a way it has a lot in common, except that the computer cannot tell > why he doesnt feel good. And you have the interpreter (the owner)

Re: (No Subject)

Hi all, Steve Lamb wrote: > I certainly do. In my 3 years of tech support at a small ISP I rarely had > a customer complain about me, I was considered the best tech on staff, got the > customer's problems resolved the fastest, was often sent out to customer's > homes and offices to fix pr

Re[2]: (No Subject)

Sunday, November 21, 1999 Hello Ali, Sunday, Sunday, November 21, 1999, you wrote: Ali> Hi all, Ali> tracer wrote: >> Now what do YOU say about the 10th patient who comes sneezing in your >> office on a day... Ali> You really didn't need to use my profession to get your point across. I al

Re: (No Subject)

Saturday, November 20, 1999, 3:11:27 PM, Ali wrote: > explanation of the findings and the implications etc. They expect it > then and there. See what I'm getting at? I have to do that, explaining > the same things, day in and day out. I certainly do. In my 3 years of tech support at a small

Re: (No Subject)

Saturday, November 20, 1999, 7:10:34 AM, Alexander wrote: > Hi there! > On 20 Nov 99, at 3:20, Steve Lamb wrote > about "Re: (No Subject)": 3:20am... >> String: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Location: kludges Present: yes >

Re: (No Subject)

Hi all, tracer wrote: Ali>> You know Steve, despite our differences on certain issues and our Ali>> heated debates, on and off list that often disintegrate into Ali>> behavioral issues and personal attacks , I've never Ali>> thought of constructing one of the above on you. Strange perhaps, but

Re[2]: (No Subject)

Sunday, November 21, 1999 Hello Ali, Saturday, Saturday, November 20, 1999, you wrote: Ali> Hi all, Ali> Steve Lamb wrote: >> Friday, November 19, 1999, 11:10:13 PM, tracer wrote: >>> But the people who are in need of that filter probably donot know how >>> to make one. Maybe steve can post

Re[2]: (No Subject)

Sunday, November 21, 1999 Hello Steve, Saturday, Saturday, November 20, 1999, you wrote: Steve> Friday, November 19, 1999, 11:10:13 PM, tracer wrote: >> But the people who are in need of that filter probably donot know how >> to make one. Maybe steve can post one (g) Steve> Filter / Incoming m

Re: (No Subject)

Friday, November 19, 1999, 11:10:13 PM, tracer wrote: > But the people who are in need of that filter probably donot know how > to make one. Maybe steve can post one (g) Filter / Incoming mail / New Name: RM: Steve Lamb (RM means ReMove) Source Folder: Inbox Filtering String #1: String: [EMAIL P

Re: (No Subject)

Hi all, Steve Lamb wrote: > Friday, November 19, 1999, 11:10:13 PM, tracer wrote: >> But the people who are in need of that filter probably donot know how >> to make one. Maybe steve can post one (g) > Filter / Incoming mail / New > Name: RM: Steve Lamb (RM means ReMove) > Source Folder: Inb

Re: Mysterious wish-list (was: (No Subject))

Hi there! On 20 Nov 99, at 11:28, Paula Ford wrote about "Re: Mysterious wish-list": > > ... Mr. Leschinsky is *not* working on the above-noted wishlist > > currently, therefore the only wishlist there exists for the time being > > is the official one at RIT labs. > > Does "currently" mean

Re: Mysterious wish-list (was: (No Subject))

Hi there! On 20 Nov 99, at 9:37, Thomas Fernandez wrote about "Re[2]: (No Subject)": > This is why I was wondering whether we should put it on that > mnysterious wish-list. Anyway, I domn't want to start the whole thread > all over again. First of all, RIT la

Re: (No Subject)

Hi there! On 20 Nov 99, at 3:20, Steve Lamb wrote about "Re: (No Subject)": > > But the people who are in need of that filter probably donot know how > > to make one. Maybe steve can post one (g) > Hey, Steve, this was great! Just look here: > Filter / Incom

Re: Mysterious wish-list (was: (No Subject))

On Saturday, November 20, 1999, Alexander V. Kiselev wrote: > ... Mr. Leschinsky is *not* working on the above-noted wishlist > currently, therefore the only wishlist there exists for the time being > is the official one at RIT labs. Does "currently" mean that Alex is not working on it for now o

Re[4]: (No Subject)

Thursday, November 18, 1999 Hello Jast, Thursday, Thursday, November 18, 1999, you wrote: Jast> Morning Thomas Fernandez, >> Funny, what is the %Cursor command for, then? Jast> Well, if you tab in the message, you get put to that place of course. Jast> It is just expected that you enter the

Re[3]: (No Subject)

Morning Thomas Fernandez, > Funny, what is the %Cursor command for, then? Well, if you tab in the message, you get put to that place of course. It is just expected that you enter the address first thing. -- +--Jast |on Windows 98 4.10 Build :with The Bat! 1.36

Re[2]: (No Subject)

Hi Jast, on Thursday, November 18, 1999, 11:25:58 AM GMT+0800, Jast wrote: >> This template has 2 problems, one is that the cursor is in the to >> field instead of at the %Cursor position, J> This is normal for new messages... Funny, what is the %Cursor command for, then? >> My second item

Re: (No Subject)

Morning Watcher, > This template has 2 problems, one is that the cursor is in the to > field instead of at the %Cursor position, This is normal for new messages... > is there a way to resolve > this? Press Tab twice, or click in the text window :-) > Second is that the message starts ou

(No Subject)

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Re: (No Subject)

On 28 October 1999 at 19:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] told the list: m> A few days ago I changed my Email-Address for all my mailing m> lists. (As long as The Bat is not available for the PalmIII I do m> not read the mailing list on my palm :) ) m> So I unsubscribed with my old address and

(No Subject)

Hello Batmen (and women), A few days ago I changed my Email-Address for all my mailing lists. (As long as The Bat is not available for the PalmIII I do not read the mailing list on my palm :) ) So I unsubscribed with my old address and subscribed with my new address. I got an confirmation-m

(No Subject)

Hi TBUDL, Gruss Roman :-) -- - \|/ Roman Meng Tel: ++41 1 831 3161 PBM Schwarzackerstr. 30Fax: ++41 1 831 3161 /|\ 8304 Wallisellen

Re: (No Subject)

Interesting that the list's footers are no longer on the messages that are going astray. The addy I'm using now is NOT the addy I used for the list. Might we have a pest onboard? However, there are NO list messages going to the addy the list knows of. Original Message Subject: (

(No Subject)

hey, I left this list months ago, why I am I back on it, and why can't I get back off? -- nigel mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 2112497 -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list m

(No Subject)

Re[6]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

OZ> Hello, the Bat! list recipients, OZ> Thursday, October 21, 1999, Jack LaRosa wrote about OZ> Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered: JL>> If I add the line: JL>> %SUBJ="This would be different if I didn't forget to change it" JL>> to a new me

Re[8]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hi Oleg Thursday, October 21, 1999, you wrote to the list: OZ> Hello, the Bat! list recipients, OZ> Thursday, October 21, 1999, Alex Sanyukovitch wrote about OZ> Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered: AS>> Don't you think, that this line should look like: AS>> %SU

(No Subject)

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Re: (No Subject)

Friday, October 22, 1999, 10:18:01 AM, Ali wrote: > Why aren't there more errors as there probably should be when using > the received time? Is it because the messages are all about the same > size leading to no significant holdups with one message as opposed to > another or is it that it's rare f

Re: (No Subject)

Hi all, On Friday, October 22, 1999, 11:18:44 AM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled: > Friday, October 22, 1999, 9:11:57 AM, Ali wrote: >> messages may have the same time but the order in which they're listed >> reflects the order in which TBUDL server got the messages. > Well, in theory, ye

Re[2]: (No Subject)

On 22 October 1999 at 16:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] told the list: SL> SL> Always good to have a tool to reset your PC's clock to one of the tier 2 SL> servers. Personally I have my server syncing with 3-4 tier 2 servers and all SL> my other machines sync off it. I generally don't see more than

Re: (No Subject)

Friday, October 22, 1999, 9:11:57 AM, Ali wrote: > messages may have the same time but the order in which they're listed > reflects the order in which TBUDL server got the messages. Well, in theory, yeah. However, it is possible that, say, two messages come in and while the first one is stuc

Re: (No Subject)

Hi all, On Friday, October 22, 1999, 10:28:49 AM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled: > Friday, October 22, 1999, 2:25:49 AM, Marck wrote: >> Message times are internationally corrected and usually work fine for >> sorting. Individual PC system clocks, however, are a law unto >> themselv

Re: (No Subject)

Friday, October 22, 1999, 8:39:43 AM, Nick wrote: > > I've never heard (or seen) the term "tier 2 server". Does this > differ from using one of the atomic clock sites to sync with? > Basically, yeah. The tiers are how far removed from the atomic clocks you are. Generally it is a bad ide

Re[2]: (No Subject)

In Reference to "(No Subject)" From Steve Lamb: SL> Friday, October 22, 1999, 2:25:49 AM, Marck wrote: >> Message times are internationally corrected and usually work fine for >> sorting. Individual PC system clocks, however, are a law unto >> themselves

Re: (No Subject)

Friday, October 22, 1999, 2:25:49 AM, Marck wrote: > Message times are internationally corrected and usually work fine for > sorting. Individual PC system clocks, however, are a law unto > themselves ;-). Always good to have a tool to reset your PC's clock to one of the tier 2 serv

Re: (No Subject)

On 22 October 1999 at 08:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] told the list: KR> I have been sorting my folders by creation date and time. KR> However, I've been puzzled by the fact that I see a lot of KR> responses before seeing the message responded to. KR> Is it possible that the creati

(No Subject)

Hello, fellow Bat-lovers. I have been sorting my folders by creation date and time. However, I've been puzzled by the fact that I see a lot of responses before seeing the message responded to. Is it possible that the creation time is local? If so, is there a configuration setting that

Re[7]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Thursday, October 21, 1999, Alex Sanyukovitch wrote about Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered: AS> Don't you think, that this line should look like: AS> %SUBJECT="blah-blah-bla", but not %SUBJ="..." Yes, my mistake. I mistoo

Re[5]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Bonjour, Thursday, October 21, 1999, 3:57:33 AM, Jack LaRosa wrote: JL> If I add the line: JL> %SUBJ="This would be different if I didn't forget to change it" JL> to a new message, then everything after %SUBJ appears wherever I placed it in the JL> template, not on the Subject line. Have I

Re[6]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Oleg, Thursday, October 21, 1999, 8:36:51 AM, you wrote: [skipped] JL>> %SUBJ="This would be different if I didn't forget to change it" JL>> Have I misunderstood? OZ> I think I have misunderstood something. If you add the text (no need OZ> to have it on separate line) %SUBJ="Bla

Re[5]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Thursday, October 21, 1999, Jack LaRosa wrote about Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered: JL> If I add the line: JL> %SUBJ="This would be different if I didn't forget to change it" JL> to a new message, then everything after %SU

Re[4]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hi Philippe Sunday, October 17, 1999, you wrote to the list: ---snip- PG>Menu : Account | Properties | Templates | New message PG>Anywhere in the template, add the line : PG> %SUBJ="This would be different if I didn't forge

(No Subject)

Hey, 'bat men' If anyone remembers me, it's me - joshua - back from a -long- (too long) busy-period. Was away from this list for quite a spell. Just writing to say I'm back, hello, and good batting... =) joshua --- opalminer joshua allen r. day http://jarday.com -- ---

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Re[4]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Sunday, October 17, 1999, Philippe Gouillou wrote about Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered: PG>Anywhere in the template, add the line : PG> %SUBJ="This would be different if I didn't forget to change it" PG>Rem

Re: (No Subject)

Hi all, On Sunday, October 17, 1999, 7:54:49 PM (-5 GMT), Jason scribbled: > Is there anyway to get formating into templates ? specifically into > the print template .. e.g. Having a Bold 24 point Arial Font heading ? No, AFAIK, templates do not support this function. -- Regards, -=Ali=-

Re: Drag&Drop in message editor - was - Re: (No Subject)

Saturday, October 16, 1999, 1:08:37 PM, Andrew wrote: LB>> -- > not "--", but it should be "Minus-Minus-Space-End of line". Space is > very important here. To be technically correct... dash, dash, space, newline. ;) -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'

(No Subject)

Hi, Is there anyway to get formating into templates ? specifically into the print template .. e.g. Having a Bold 24 point Arial Font heading ? Thanks, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- View the TBUDL archive at

Re[3]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Bonjour, Sunday, October 17, 1999, 6:40:39 AM, Jack LaRosa wrote: JL> Hi Nick JL> Tuesday, October 12, 1999, you wrote to the list: ND>> Personally, I find those "idiot light" type warnings irritating as ND>> all heck. I'm always thinking "If I wanted a damn subject I would ND>> have put

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hi Nick Tuesday, October 12, 1999, you wrote to the list: ND> Personally, I find those "idiot light" type warnings irritating as ND> all heck. I'm always thinking "If I wanted a damn subject I would ND> have put a damn subject" as I press the OK button. Just add a default ND> to your template

Drag&Drop in message editor - was - Re: (No Subject)

Hello, The Bat Users! LB> I just finished composing a message and I miss a certain function LB> that I had come to really appreciate. When I highlight a word or LB> phrase and tried to drag it to another place in the paragraph, it LB> doesn't budge! Am I not doing something right - or does that

(No Subject)

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(No Subject)

Greetings, I just finished composing a message and I miss a certain function that I had come to really appreciate. When I highlight a word or phrase and tried to drag it to another place in the paragraph, it doesn't budge! Am I not doing something right - or does that not work with TB? I haven'

(No Subject)

Hello If one hangs/get disconnected one gets in my case all the nesgs all over again. I know there is 'kill dupes' but is there a way to prevent dupes from being downloaded again or at least to kill them all in one go. Its now kill dupes per mail box, what about kill ALL dupes... Best regards

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Anne Kaeser, On Thursday, October 14, 1999, 3:23:17 AM you told us: AK> okay, a simple suggestion on this one: AK> just have a notice in the subject line in an evil red color "no AK> subject" when so subject is entered. AK> that shouldn't bother while composing (eyes concentrate

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hi all, On Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 3:23:17 PM (-5 GMT), Anne scribbled: > just have a notice in the subject line in an evil red color "no > subject" when so subject is entered. > that shouldn't bother while composing (eyes concentrated on something > else) and

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 3:31:21 PM, Paula wrote: > I'd guessestimate that close to half the messages on this list these > days have very little to do with TB user support. Then you'd be guessing wrong. Although that thread was long (30 by one person's count) it did not dominate the day'

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 1:23:17 PM, Anne wrote: > just have a notice in the subject line in an evil red color "no > subject" when so subject is entered. > that shouldn't bother while composing (eyes concentrated on something > else) and yet be seen when entering

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 7:04:44 AM, Kevin wrote: > I hate to compare The Bat! to Outlook, which I hate, but I've used several > email packages that have this option. Then it is a good thing that TB! doesn't have such idiot-coddling. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest,

TB! on Linux (Was: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered)

Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 4:52:43 AM, tracer wrote: > reminds me, any chance for a linux version of the bat. As someone mentioned previously Delphi is being ported to Linux and TB! is supposedly a Delphi app so it should be fairly simple to have a Linux version once Borland is done. -

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 6:30:49 PM, tracer wrote: Steve Lamb>> The people who needs those options wouldn't know to turn them on. 3+ Steve Lamb>> years of tech support at an ISP has taught me that. > You mean they would ask you to turn it on for them (g) No. they call up cussing and y

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, Steve Lamb and others wrote and wrote and wrote ... Would you folks that like to debate all the great computing issues do the rest of us the courtesy of at least changing the subject line to indicate that a thread has gone off topic? Better yet discuss via private e-

Re: (No Subject)

On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, tracer wrote: > Hello TBUDL, > when trying to read parts of the helpfile on changed subjects > like filtering I get told its not there, what I have is out of > date etc. > In short where is the helpfile corresponding to the latest > bat?

Re[3]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Anne, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 10:23:17 PM, you wrote: AK> just have a notice in the subject line in an evil red color "no AK> subject" when so subject is entered. AK> that shouldn't bother while composing (eyes concentrated on something AK> else) and yet be seen when entering a recip

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Steve, okay, a simple suggestion on this one: just have a notice in the subject line in an evil red color "no subject" when so subject is entered. that shouldn't bother while composing (eyes concentrated on something else) and yet be seen when entering a re

Re[3]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Kevin, > So what? Set all the defaults so that the idiot proof messages DON'T > come up. I personally prefer software that gives me some kind of > control over things. I'd rather have more options than I'll ever use > than to be frustrated because I have none at all. Yesbut... check out the

help file - was - Re: (No Subject)

Hello, The Bat Users! > In short where is the helpfile corresponding to the latest bat May be in the release file for the latest version (thebat.exe - it's a RAR archive)? If not, then there is no help file available, sorry. -- Best regards, Andrewmailto:[EMAIL

Re[3]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

>>> A kind of frivolous suggestion I guess, but as you can tell from my >>> previous post, I have a hard time remembering to enter a subject >>> sometimes. I think it would be worthwhile to have a warning message >>> when we press the send or queue button if we haven't entered a subject. > You wo

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Ron, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, you wrote: R> On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, Kevin Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A kind of frivolous suggestion I guess, but as you can tell from my >> previous post, I have a hard time remembering to enter a subject sometimes. >> I think it would be

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Steve, Wednesday, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, you wrote: Steve Lamb> Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 5:47:48 PM, Ali wrote: >> My response is that other OS's that offer great flexibility do so >> through excessive complexity, obscurity, and obfuscation that makes it Steve Lamb> Funny how

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, Kevin Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A kind of frivolous suggestion I guess, but as you can tell from my > previous post, I have a hard time remembering to enter a subject sometimes. > I think it would be worthwhile to have a warning message when we press the > s

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Steve, Wednesday, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, you wrote: Steve Lamb> Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 4:56:38 PM, Kevin wrote: >> No hoops to jump through if options have to be turned on to use them. Steve Lamb> The people who needs those options wouldn't know to turn them on. 3+ Steve La

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Steve, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 4:25:44 AM, you wrote: SL> 1: Most people are lost within Windows without a good manual. Ok, when I look at my mother: you've got a point here... :-) SL> 2: A recent study of grade-school children who had never had any computer SL> experience before sho

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hi all, On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 9:02:21 PM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled: > People who say that Unix (Esp. Linux) is hard have never used it and don't > really grasp how hard Windows/Mac are nor the difference between "hard" and > "different." Could we take this off TBUDL's bandwidth? I t

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 7:18:12 PM, Roel wrote: > It's hard! and that's not because everything is stored in one place in > an easy format (that's why I love it) but because it is made for > programmers... you're just completely lost without a very good > manual... Two things refute this.

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Steve, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 4:02:21 AM, you wrote: SL> People who say that Unix (Esp. Linux) is hard have never used it and don't SL> really grasp how hard Windows/Mac are nor the difference between "hard" and SL> "different." Sorry, don't agree with you there: (I'm not referr

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 5:47:48 PM, Ali wrote: > My response is that other OS's that offer great flexibility do so > through excessive complexity, obscurity, and obfuscation that makes it Funny how none of the simpler OSs provide any of that yet you call it "excessive" complexity, obscurit

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hi all, On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 6:13:11 PM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled: >> I'd rather have more options than I'll ever use than to be frustrated >> because I have none at all. > Then why are you using Windows? Now that's a good one. I like that. My response is that other OS's that of

Re[3]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

On 13 October 1999 at 01:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] told the list: RP> BTW: since this isn't about The Bat anylonger, I suggest end of RP> topic? Couldn't have put it better myself ;-) Gone way OT! Points made, thrashed, won and taken all round from my reading of it :-). Cheers, Marck -

Re: (No Subject)

On 13 October 1999 at 00:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] told the list: t> I have a friend who has a company called Simple Computers. So t> whenever he sends me an email from Simple Computers my answer is to: t> Simple He doesnt like that... I would suggest that the best solution is to crea

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Steve, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 1:08:06 AM, you wrote: SL> Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 3:56:32 PM, Roel wrote: >> For the record: you can toggle that one! (properties of your trash-bin)... SL> For the record, no, you cannot. SL> If you have files going into the trash and don't

(No Subject)

Hello , I have a friend who has a company called Simple Computers. So whenever he sends me an email from Simple Computers my answer is to: Simple He doesnt like that... I have noticed other silly things if the name of the person sending the mail has one or more blanks. filtering doesnt work ans

(No Subject)

Hello TBUDL, when trying to read parts of the helpfile on changed subjects like filtering I get told its not there, what I have is out of date etc. In short where is the helpfile corresponding to the latest bat Best regards, tracer mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 4:56:38 PM, Kevin wrote: > No hoops to jump through if options have to be turned on to use them. The people who needs those options wouldn't know to turn them on. 3+ years of tech support at an ISP has taught me that. > You may rather lose the files, but there are

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

>> While you certainly don't want to go to the extreme where it makes >> the user unproductive, any software developer wouldn't last long if >> they didn't include some code to help the user avoid mistakes. > This is extreme as there is no technical reason to do the check. It makes > the use

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 4:32:17 PM, Kevin wrote: >> Furthermore, you don't know that it won't sell copies. > I said *many* copies. There's plenty of mail packages out there that > only do the bare minimum that don't sell. Bare minimum on idiot-proofing? I disagree. TB! is on the low en

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 4:30:29 PM, Ali wrote: > It's all damn irritating but it saved my ass a couple times and I was > so grateful that I've kept my mouth partially shut about it. m, I have another answer. > I tend to move around with the mouse pretty quickly and I have > inadverten

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

>> If The Bat! (or any software for that matter) only included things >> that were technically required to get mail from here to there, then >> it wouldn't sell many copies. > Furthermore, you don't know that it won't sell copies. I said *many* copies. There's plenty of mail packages out there

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hi all, On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 6:08:06 PM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled: > For the record, no, you cannot. > If you have files going into the trash and don't turn off the > confirmation. You have to confirm when you press delete, confirm on programs, > confirm when emptying trash.

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 3:42:41 PM, Kevin wrote: > If The Bat! (or any software for that matter) only included things > that were technically required to get mail from here to there, then it > wouldn't sell many copies. I didn't say to only include what is technically required. I said onl

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 3:56:32 PM, Roel wrote: > For the record: you can toggle that one! (properties of your trash-bin)... For the record, no, you cannot. If you have files going into the trash and don't turn off the confirmation. You have to confirm when you press delete, confirm

Re: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

em to jump through one more hoop to do what they want. Before someone jumps on that statement notice that I am not making any pretensions of what a user *may* want or what a user *aught* to do. Whether or not you (general case) agree with the base subject, the point is that there are users and

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

Hello Steve, Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 10:12:09 PM, you wrote: Steve Lamb> Look at it another way, deleting files in Windows is impossible now Steve Lamb> without having at least one and possibly up to 3 different confirmation boxes. For the record: you can toggle that one! (properties o

Re[2]: Suggestion: Warn if no subject entered

>> Except that a subject is something that you almost never want to >> leave blank and a default subject is no better than no subject. If >> you never forget to enter a subject then you never see the 'idiot >> light' that us idiots seem to need. :-) > O

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