Mail Archives: opendos/2000/10/31/18:05:11
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From: "Bernie" <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 12:59 PM
Subject: RE: attachments (was Re: DRDOS FDISK)
> I therefor told you:
>
> 1. Outlook Express and InterNet Explorer are two diffrent programs
And I said no S**T sherlock.
> 2. That there are several programs for Windows (including NT) for these
tasks
I'll sate it agin: No S**T sherlock. I have Star Office installed. I have
not had the time to switch and use it's mail programs yet. I used Udora on
OS/2 and Linux, it is available for WINDOZE too.
> 3. That sending as MIME and sending as HTML is the same thing (HTML is
sent
> as MIME)
You can also send many non text things like GIFs JPEGs MP# MPEG and software
by encoding it with MIME, MIME is just another encoder like
UUENCODE/UUDECODE. So it is not just for HTML. I didn't respond to that in
you last message, I just let it go. But Just so you know, I do know what
MIME is and what it does.
> 4. That sending as HTML or text could be changed in Outlook Express
I knew that, what I did not know was that people using lists want text.
There was nothing at the site where I joined this list that said anything
about it. It's about time this crap dies. It is using more bandwidth that my
orginal two or three messages created in the first place. One peson out of
the whole bunch complaining about it set a very nice message explaining it
to me. No flaming, and no crap. I thank that person. You and the rest can go
and get a life.
> If you want to complain about something (Outlook and Windows in this case)
> do that with valid arguments.
It is a piece of crap. I can do things using the mail program in Netsacpe
that I cannot do with OE. I am not new to WINDOZE, OE, IE or any other MS
crap. I have also used the full version of Outlook and compared to it OE is
a piece of crap. I don't have to prove it to anyone. To me it's a piece of
crap. priod. I'll say it angain OE is a piece of crap. That is my opion and
I am entitled to any opinion on anything I wish to have an opinion of. Get a
life.
> >>RTFM!
>
> For what? How mails should be sent? Ok... RFCxxxx (I don't know the number
> from the top of my head) states that mails should be sent as text. You are
> the on who should RTFM (which means Read The Fine/F*cking Manual - so you
> can't use it like you did).
No that was just a comment to tell you to RTFM. I do read all the manuals. I
am not one of those people that go out and buy a model car kit and put it
together then read the instructions to find out what I did wrong.
> Finally I'll ask you what I ask most people that send as HTML - exactly
> what is that you gain from sending the mails as HTML as opposed to text?
> Most programs will only display the message as if it was sent as text
anyway.
The main thing I use it for is stationary. I also send resumes via e-mail;
and they look a whole lot better in HTML that in plain text. I also use
Front page express to for e-mail when I want to include things that are
impossible to do with text or takes for ever in text. I often use the table
feature of HTML. Sure it can be done in plain text but takes for ever and if
you need to change the witdth of one colume for the whole table that can
take a long time. I also have banner ads for things like PayPal that I like
to include in some messages. There are probably 101 reasons I use HTML. Like
I said before RTFM and Get a life.
BTW OE is not the only e-mail progran that uses HTML. Netscape mail uses it,
Star Office uses it. Udora uses it. There are programs for DOS that uses it.
I can't even remember all of the programs for Linux and OS/2 I have tried
that uses HTML.
Pat
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