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

Stephen Brine sbrine at powerup.com.au
Fri Jul 9 19:46:02 EDT 1999


(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Stephen Brine <sbrine at powerup.com.au>)

I must put in a plug for Eudora (lite or pro) for being a good non suck 
mail client for winblows

$0.02 + $0.002(GST)

Steve B

At 09:34 AM 9/07/99 , you wrote:
>(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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