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(...) I beg to differ on this...I have NO control over whether messages appear threaded...The software I use is MS Outlook. From this, the message goes to a MS Exchange server. It is this that causes the problem. Unfortunately, this piece of (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes (...) Says, for distrubution for a new PC. The error i get is right after the End-User LA. There is no cause for the error, just the error and how you might fix it. I will have the 'Exact' error name and stuff when i go to work today. Rick (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's (at least) MS Outlook, or some variant, or the MS Exchange server that processes the mail, or something in the way some sysops configure it, or something in the way users use it, based on the quick tests I conducted. That's not to say (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Berating? I saw no berating. I merely suggested that he ought to stop complaining about how things are done here at LUGNET until his own house is in order. Further, you see, he actually DOES have control. He can change jobs, he is working for (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It identifies itself as: X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.####.#) in the SMTP headers, and that's about all I know. LarryP posted some more info though that might help. --Todd (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... <snipped a few lines> (...) from (...) this (...) software -- (...) disasterous. (...) Do you know what software that is causing the problem? Would be a nice thing to know, so I can avoid it. /Joakim (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) My totally-not-knowing-...-situation guess is: the install CD is of the "upgrade only" variety. (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Count your blessings? *ducks, runs* (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) What exactly happens? You need to give some more information before anyone can really help you with something like that. FUT set to .geek (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Totally agree. It's not that it works weirdly, it's that it acts brokenly. If enough places rejected broken postings/messages, the offending software would get fixed. (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Benjamin may not have control over what mailer his employer uses, but he certainly has control over whether or not his messages appear threaded. If he posts using software that works correctly, his messages will appear threaded. If he posts (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) how about, instead of rejecting such messages, make a "soft" threading feature... and activate it only for mailers you know are broken (lke that Internet Mail Service, Eudora, etc)... Just write a little proggie that will attempt to guess what (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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This broken thread garbage has got to stop. Example: (2 URLs) countless other examples in the .loc.au group.) The question is, how do I detect this broken mailer that Ben's using? It reports itself as: X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Actually, I tried this initially, and found it much worse. It's not intuitive enough -- even after playing for quite a while, you keep forgetting which button is going to go which direction. When I get around to implementing a Settings dialog, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Also, Tom Cook says that instead of having the right button switching between vertical and horizontal, make the right button only do horizontal lines, and the left button start a vertical lines... This also will help faster play, which is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ooh, great idea! That seems a lot less arbitrary than a time limit. I'll put that in and see how it works. (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) the longer you take to do a level, the lower your score! muahahah (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I haven't figured it out yet exactly. I think it's going to be a set time per level. However, I'm not sure what will happen when the time runs out. It might just be for a bonus. (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) heh... I guess I need to work at it some more - I'm only at 3200 or so :) (...) oh no! Jenn keeps saying I drive her mad cause I wait too long... is it going to be a timer with a set time per level, or just a limit how long you can wait (...) (24 years ago, 7-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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