Re: more new user questions

2000-09-23 Thread Ming-Li
On Thursday, September 21, 2000, 2:22:59 PM, Dierk wrote: > BTW, I use Agent nearly exclusively as a newsreader. I don't think > it is good for e-mail. I, too, use Agent exclusively for newsreading, if for nothing else but I needed multi-email account support from day one. My wife, then girl fri

Re: Main Window in Bat! (was: Re[3]: more new user questions)

2000-09-22 Thread Ming-Li
On Wednesday, September 20, 2000, 10:32:20 AM, A. wrote: ML>> Oh, wait a minute, let me try it. Ah-so, I see. Thanks for ML>> teaching me this shortcut. How come it's not on the "complete" ML>> shortcut list? Maybe it could use a little update. > is there in the "View" menu beside the message >

Re: Asian support (was: Re[2]: more new user questions)

2000-09-22 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hallo Dierk, On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:42:20 +0200 GMT (23/09/2000, 03:42 +0800 GMT), Dierk Haasis wrote: DH> BTW, you know that socio-linguistically speaking your "except maybe DH> ..." is also a slight misnomer? I know. ;-) DH> Especially english is as a second language very successful. That's

Asian support (was: Re[2]: more new user questions)

2000-09-22 Thread Dierk Haasis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Thomas! Friday, September 22, 2000, 7:36:58 AM, you wrote: DH>> OK, never of use to me, so I consider it personally minor. But DH>> you are right, don't exclude Asians. > My dear European friend, two thirds of the world's population is not >

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-21 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Dierk, On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:22:59 +0200GMT (22/09/2000, 05:22 +0800GMT), Dierk Haasis wrote: >> As I said, it remain my favorite, and I use it everyday. It does >> need further development, and not just minor ones (that of course >> depends on how you define "minor"). It doesn't handle DBCS

Re[2]: more new user questions

2000-09-21 Thread Dierk Haasis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Ming-Li! Thursday, September 21, 2000, 4:45:30 PM, you wrote: > As I said, it remain my favorite, and I use it everyday. It does > need further development, and not just minor ones (that of course > depends on how you define "minor"). It doesn

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-21 Thread Ming-Li
On Wednesday, September 20, 2000, 11:24:03 AM, Dierk wrote: > First of, Fortes Agent 1.8 (which I am using) is so good - with > really only minor glitches, just say PGP support - that I think it > does not *need* any development. So that's for absolutes. But > really I don't need programme develo

Re[3]: more new user questions

2000-09-20 Thread Pasquale J. Festa Sr.
Hello Dierk, September 20, 2000, 2:24:03 PM, you wrote: > Good luck. My favorite newsreader so far remains Forte Agent, which, >> unfortunately, has ceased development. For that reason I'm not >> recommending it to anyone any more. DH> First of, Fortes Agent 1.8 (which I am using) is so good -

Re[2]: more new user questions

2000-09-20 Thread Dierk Haasis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Ming-Li! Wednesday, September 20, 2000, 6:41:16 PM, you wrote: > On Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 11:55:09 AM, Susanne wrote: >> I'll try out the newsreaders mentioned and see which one I like. > Good luck. My favorite newsreader so far remai

Re: Main Window in Bat! (was: Re[3]: more new user questions)

2000-09-20 Thread A . Curtis Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:44:46 -0700, Ming-Li wrote: ML> What's does this do? ML> Oh, wait a minute, let me try it. Ah-so, I see. Thanks for teaching ML> me this shortcut. How come it's not on the "complete" shortcut list? ML> Maybe it could use a lit

Re: Main Window in Bat! (was: Re[3]: more new user questions)

2000-09-20 Thread Ming-Li
On Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 4:50:38 PM, Avenarius wrote: > First of all, the window frames don't stick. No matter how high > you arrange your message preview window to be, you only need to > hit CTRL+SHIFT+E twice (as you must, sooner or later), and your > customized arrang

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-20 Thread Ming-Li
On Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 11:55:09 AM, Susanne wrote: > I'll try out the newsreaders mentioned and see which one I like. Good luck. My favorite newsreader so far remains Forte Agent, which, unfortunately, has ceased development. For that reason I'm not recommending it to anyone any more.

Re: more new user questions (OT)

2000-09-20 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Mark, On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:12:56 +0100GMT (20/09/2000, 04:12 +0800GMT), Mark Aston wrote: >>> ROTFL >>> and I use slrn, but I sure would not recommend it to an OE convert:-) S>> Oh, why not ? MA> A short(!) extract from the tin manual follows; Note the highly MA> misleading use of the w

Re: Main Window in Bat! (was: Re[3]: more new user questions)

2000-09-19 Thread Januk Aggarwal
Hello Avenarius, On Tuesday, September 19, 2000 at 01:50:38 GMT +0200 (which was 4:50 PM where I live) witnesses say Avenarius typed: > First of all, the window frames don't stick. No matter how high you > arrange your message preview window to be, you only need to hit > CTRL+SHIFT+E twice

Main Window in Bat! (was: Re[3]: more new user questions)

2000-09-19 Thread Avenarius
Susanne, your English is perfect as far as I can say. I have the same main window arrangement as you have (full height account tree) and I'd say that the complaint that you have is one the least aggravating aspects of The Bat's main window. First of all, the window frames don't stick. No matter

Re: more new user questions (OT)

2000-09-19 Thread Mark Aston
Hi Susanne, Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 8:08:29 PM, you wrote: >> ROTFL >> and I use slrn, but I sure would not recommend it to an OE convert:-) S> Oh, why not ? A short(!) extract from the tin manual follows; Note the highly misleading use of the word "easy" in the description, I rest my c

Re[2]: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Susanne
Hello Mark, Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 11:53:13, you wrote: > ROTFL > and I use slrn, but I sure would not recommend it to an OE convert:-) Oh, why not ? -- Best regards, Susannemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Mark Aston
Hi Thomas, Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 8:39:45 AM, you wrote: S>> Also, I assume you can't read newsgroups with the Bat. TF> No, it is an email client. S>> Any recommendations what to use instead? TF> Yes: I use tin. ROTFL and I use slrn, but I sure would not recommend it to an OE conver

Re[2]: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Susanne
Hello Ming-Li, Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 8:03:05, you wrote: > On Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 12:39:45 AM, Thomas wrote: > No, unfortunately, it's hard-coded. I asked the same question > when I started trying out TB. My Windows was (and is) set to > use American style date display, but TB

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Ming-Li
On Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 12:39:45 AM, Thomas wrote: > Hi Susanne, S>> Can you change the way the date received/created looks. I'd like S>> something shorter like 9/18/00 and then the time, instead of the S>> much longer 18 Sep 2000,... that seems to be the default. > I think this depends

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Tony Boom
This message: 19/09/2000 14:27 GMT. Hello Krister, A reminder of what Krister ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) typed on: 19 September 2000 at 13:04:44 GMT +0200 KE> Have a look at Microplanet Gravity which is available at KE> http://www.microplanet.com. I'll agree with that. Gravity i

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Graham
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Try Forte Free Agent at www.forteinc.com, much the best mailer I've ever used, with nice thread details. Graham *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 19/09/00 at 13:04 Krister Ekstrom wrote: >Hello Susanne, > >Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 9:

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hello Susanne, Tuesday, September 19, 2000, 9:11:03 AM, you wrote: S> Also, I assume you can't read newsgroups with the Bat. S> Any recommendations what to use instead? Have a look at Microplanet Gravity which is available at http://www.microplanet.com. -- Best regards, Kris

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hallo Karin, On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 12:53:56 +0200 GMT (19/09/2000, 18:53 +0800 GMT), Karin Spaink wrote: S>>> Can you change the way the date received/created S>>> looks. I'd like something shorter like 9/18/00 and then S>>> the time, instead of the much longer 18 Sep 2000,... S>>> that seems to b

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Karin Spaink
On 19-09-2000 at 09:39, Thomas Fernandez kindly wrote: > Susanne wrote: S>> Can you change the way the date received/created S>> looks. I'd like something shorter like 9/18/00 and then S>> the time, instead of the much longer 18 Sep 2000,... S>> that seems to be the default. > I think this depen

Re: more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Susanne, On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 00:11:03 -0700GMT (19/09/2000, 15:11 +0800GMT), Susanne wrote: S> Can you change the way the date received/created S> looks. I'd like something shorter like 9/18/00 and then S> the time, instead of the much longer 18 Sep 2000,... S> that seems to be the default.

more new user questions

2000-09-19 Thread Susanne
I've been playing around with the Bat a bit more. Can you change the way the date received/created looks. I'd like something shorter like 9/18/00 and then the time, instead of the much longer 18 Sep 2000,... that seems to be the default. Also, I assume you can't read newsgroups with the Bat. Any