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Re: eudora thread bug
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 01:09:35 GMT
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Tim Courtney wrote:

> I'll give it a try, but I have a vendetta against newsreaders.

That's wacky. Why? Seems rather predjudicial, and about as silly as
saying "I have a vendetta against spreadsheets".

>  I hate the collapsing threading thing.

While that is not wacky! Collapsing threading is hugely powerful.

> and all the wacky settings.

Among those wacky settings are the ability to use a monospace font. I
use Netscapes newsreader and I admit it isn't the best, but it DOES
allow me to set the font in viewed posts to courier.

> Plus, I'd like it
> integrated with my email.

Wackily enough, mine is. At least it is with my voyager email, at any
rate.

Son, you're coming off as a bit of a luddite. Use the right tool for the
job and stop pointing out reasons why your broken tool is the only thing
that's gonna work for you.

--
Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com  http://my.voyager.net/lar
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NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-)



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(...) They confuse me, I don't like them. Is there something so fundamentally wrong with that? Its a personal preference. (...) There's a plus...unlike Outlook/OE which practically shoves Arial down the user's throat. (...) Why do my personal (...) (27 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) it (...) Internet (...) Don't worry, I won't *think* of trying a NetScrape product :) They annoy me to death, just like Outlook and Outlook Express and how hard to use they are. Especially with their insisting on using a variable-width font. (...) (27 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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