Mail Archives: opendos/2000/10/24/20:07:42
Don't have Outlook Express ... but in Outlook, the format of
outgoing e-mail is defined via the recipient's properties in
the address book. If Outlook Express is similar - close any
message you may be reading or writing (this seems to
affect what options are available from the menus) and open
the address book. If you haven't already, create an entry for
'opendos' and in it's properties, de-select any HTML or
rich-text options. Even when you enter the 'opendos' e-mail
address manually in the "To" field, etc., Outlook recognises
it from the address book anyway, and uses the properties
defined there.
Once again, all this is based on Outlook, so I can only
speculate that Outlook Express may work in a similar
manner ...
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Moran [SMTP:pmoran22 AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Saturday, 7 October 2000 10:35
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: attachments (was Re: DRDOS FDISK)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul O. Bartlett" <bartlett AT smart DOT net>
> To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 5:38 PM
> Subject: Re: attachments (was Re: DRDOS FDISK)
>
>
> > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Patrick Moran wrote (excerpted):
> >
> > > Hmmmm, I guess you are not able to receive HTML messages.
> >
> > I can. It's just that it's wasteful, inefficient, and
> > inconsiderate to send the same thing twice, once in text and once in
> > HTML.
>
> I do not send it twice. I send it once in HTML format and that is it.
>
>
> > If you don't know, then you don't know s**t about the software you
> > are using.
>
> True! It's a piece of MS crap for software called Outlook Express and has
> very limited capability like all MS crap has. I did check it and it does
> not
> allow jack. The only option it has is for replies to reply in the format
> sent. Well sort of. It uses either HTML for messages sent in HTML and MIME
> for all others. This is typical for MS crap for software. It does not have
> any options anywhere I can find for 7 bit ASCII. Even then there does not
> seem to be a way to dictated what format to use when I originate an e-mail
> for different uses. I can only select to orinate in HTML or text (MIME.)
>
> Then some idiot comes along and asks why I HATE MS crap for software and
> Gates in general! I would not have any problems if I used Linux instead of
> this MS crap. Unfortunately, there are many services I use on the internet
> that REQUIRES stupid crappy IE 4 or 5. I have installed Star Office but
> elected not to install it's mail and browser capabilities because of this
> crap on the internet. If someone can make these idiots use software that
> will work with any type of browser and OS, then I would not have problems.
> I
> have written e-mail to these idiots and begged them to write stuff this
> way.
> Many of them do not even have software that will work with a MAC. They are
> idiots. Often I have to have a special version of software to work with
> NT,
> because the idiots cannot seem to write software that will work with both
> WINDOZE and NT! So how can anyone expect them to write something for a
> MAC,
> SUN, Sparc, DEC, or Linux?????
>
> I had a completely MS free computer until within the last two years. There
> was not ANY MS crap on my system except for some BRUNs and a few other
> minoe
> things like QBASIC and GWBASIC. But today I am forced to use this crappy
> MS
> s**t. It is broken, craps out and is prone to viruses, trojans, worms and
> many other undesireable crap. This is because of Gates' brainwashed idiots
> that wrtie programs and services I need. I am not about to pay hard earned
> cash for decent software for an MS crap for operating system. I might try
> installed the SO e-mail capability and see how it willl work since I have
> changed over to Yahoo. I still get e-mail from Netzero and cannot seem to
> send mail out from it unless I am dialed up to that service. I have
> finally
> figured out how to send all mail via Yahoo now and not have to connect to
> Netzero.
>
>
> > > I have my mail set up to use a nice looking stationary
> >
> > Well, lah dee dah!
> >
> > > I don't know why some people are having this problem. makes it tough
> to
> send
> > > URL links in text mode.
> >
> > Not necessarily, no. I use a mail agent which can pick off
> > properly formatted URLs even from a plain text email. That way I can
> > decide whether I want to follow the link or not.
>
> It is with this stupid crappy MS crap for software.
>
> > > I really do not know what I can do on my end.
> >
> > You could learn what you are doing, for starters.
>
> Simple, switch to Linux and I won't have any problems. However, to many
> idiots on the internet require IE 4 or 5 to use their services. IE 4 or 5
> is
> not available for Linux and if it were, I still would not corrupt a good
> Linux system with any NS crap for software. It would defeat the abitilites
> of Linux and run slower than molasses at twenty below zero!!!! I just
> can't
> quite see spending $16,000,000 for a Cray Pi super computer to get some
> decent speed and resources for WINDOZE!!!
>
> Pat
>
>
>
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