[Scribus] OT: Outlook and Mailing List interactions (Re: Announce:Scribus 1.3.4 Feature...)

[Nicholas Vettese]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scribus-bounces at nashi.altmuehlnet.de 
> [mailto:scribus-bounces at nashi.altmuehlnet.de] On Behalf Of 
> Gustavo Homem
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:05 PM
> To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> Subject: [Scribus] OT: Outlook and Mailing List interactions 
> (Re: Announce:Scribus 1.3.4 Feature...)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 12:51:33PM -0500, Nicholas Vettese wrote:
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scribus-bounces at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> > [mailto:scribus-bounces at nashi.altmuehlnet.de] On Behalf Of MaHan
> > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 12:46 PM
> > To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> > Subject: Re: [Scribus] Announce: Scribus 1.3.4 
> > FeatureFreezeand1.3.3.6String Freeze
> > 
> > 
> > --- Nicholas Vettese <nvettese at pdistributors.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > I am just replying, but using Outlook 2003.  If I am top 
> posting, I 
> > > am
> > 
> > > not sure how that is happening, and I am sorry.  I hope 
> that all my 
> > > future replies are better suited for the group.  :)
> > > 
> > 
> > Nothing to feel sorry about, it isn't this bad -- I hope it didn't 
> > sound that rude :) Just place your answer below the 
> original text, and 
> > not above it.
> > 
> > http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
> > 
> > cheers
> > Maciej
> > 
> > Ohhhh like this?  
> 
> The only thing wrong is that you're missing the quotation 
> symbols (">") that enable distinguishing quoted text from new text.
> 
> This is something Outlook doesn't do by default, so you have 
> to configure to enable this.
> 
> Even then it only works if the original message is pure text 
> (as usually on this mailing list), otherwyse Outlook will 
> miss the quotation symbols regardless of the configuration. 
> 
> (unless you set
> 
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\[9.0][10.0][11.0]\
> Outlook\Options\Mail\ReadAsPlain
> 
> to 1)
> 
> This is in fact an old bug.
> 
> 
> > 
> > See, I understand emails.  I know that they can be taken the wrong 
> > way, so I take the time to read them if they sound off.  
> That is when 
> > I saw
> 
> 
> So don't take the following in the wrong way either: :-)
> 
> Microsoft has *some* good products (office), other OK 
> products, and other awfull ones (IE, Outlook).
> 
> And Outlook is the worst email client I know, and tends to 
> create weird ways of emailing on the users.
> 
> Other examples are the lack of "threaded messages", which 
> suggests the user that creating a new message or replying to 
> an old one and changing the subject mean the same.
> 
> What about the emails being invisible in the message header? 
> (only the name is seen).
> 
> Not to mention that you have to setup an smtp server for each 
> account, so everytime you offer a POP account to an Outlook 
> user, he will demand and STMP server from you, no matter how 
> much you explain....
> 
> > your smiley :), and I was okay.  This group is truly one of 
> the best 
> > groups ever.  There are arguments, but we all seem to know 
> how to work 
> > together.  And again, this group teaches me something brand new.  :)
> > 
> 
> Well, it is a pleasure to interact to this mailing list... 
> especially comparing to previous technical interactions with 
> Outlook users :-)
> 
> Even on windows, there are alternatives, such as Thunderbird.
> 
> I hope you take this advice on a positive manner... I know 
> this problem quite well, unfortunately.
> 
> Best regards
> Gustavo
> 
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> > 
I am not the type ot become easily aroused, so there is no need to worry.  I
got the little ">" enabled, and now I am trying to remember not to top post.
I would love to use Thunderbird here, at work, but unfortunately, I need to
Outlook.  :(

Any advice I get, I try to learn from it, so teach away.  :)

Thanks,
Nick

P.S.  I hope I am getting better at this emailing thing.