[H-GEN] Sucky mail clients (was: Mail problems... SOLVED !! (maybe))

[Jason Henry Parker]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Jason Henry Parker <jasonp at uq.net.au>)

"Gearon, Paul" <pgea at qcom.com.au> writes:

> Unforunately not all versions of Outlook allow this option!  Outbreak 98
> supports it, but Lookout 97 (which I've just had to start using again)
> does not.  Fortunately for me however, if I leave your text indented
> when I reply then our MSES realises that I'm sending to the 'net and
> inserts the > characters for me.
> 
> It's really klunky (I could use a more expressive expletive, but you get
> the idea), but it works.

Okay, I wasn't going to say this, BUT...

Why are you people using software that's known to suck, and suck
Baaaaaad?  I mean, there are no shortage of mail clients out there; a
day spent messing with a compiler and the pine sources (or the mutt
sources or whatever) will give you an MUA that's better than the one
you're using now.

(I must admit to using Netscape for mail at work, in the interests of
office homogeneity, but I'll be moving off it when I can find a few
spare hours, I think.)

This wasn't intended as a rant against Outlook users; I'm genuinely
interested in why it gets used in spite of its problems.

jason `All mail clients suck' parker

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