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  #181  
Old January 30th 11, 09:48 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Gordon
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On 30/01/2011 18:21, bettablue wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message ...

It's my understanding that Microsoft Live Mail will no longer provide or
facilitate access to NNTP newsgroups,


Incorrect. Windows Live Mail WILL access NNTP servers.
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  #182  
Old January 30th 11, 10:06 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Gordon
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On 28/01/2011 04:32, choro wrote:
Wot on earth is Windows Live Mail?


Spmething that top posts. if you are using Thunderbird then set it to
BOTTOM posting...
  #183  
Old January 30th 11, 11:14 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
milt
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On 1/30/2011 2:48 PM, Gordon wrote:
On 30/01/2011 18:21, bettablue wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message ...

It's my understanding that Microsoft Live Mail will no longer provide or
facilitate access to NNTP newsgroups,


Incorrect. Windows Live Mail WILL access NNTP servers.


Just poorly so people won't want to use it, will blame NNTP for their
problems, and go off to use HTTP-based forums.
  #184  
Old January 30th 11, 11:27 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
choro
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On 30/01/2011 21:06, Gordon wrote:
On 28/01/2011 04:32, choro wrote:
Wot on earth is Windows Live Mail?


Spmething that top posts. if you are using Thunderbird then set it to
BOTTOM posting...


You like being bottom shafted, I see! ;-)
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  #185  
Old January 30th 11, 11:57 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
relic[_3_]
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"Gordon" wrote in message
...
On 28/01/2011 04:32, choro wrote:
Wot on earth is Windows Live Mail?


Spmething that top posts.


It's not a WLM fault, it can be set to bottom post.

  #186  
Old January 31st 11, 03:56 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Stan Brown
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:46:43 +0000, Ed Cryer wrote:
lone individuals doing public service who are
keeping it alive.


Right. Lone individuals like the University of Berlin.


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  #187  
Old January 31st 11, 04:08 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Tester[_2_]
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Top posts is better. Who in their right mind wants to scroll down a
long thread just to read two lines of a message! You better start
learning better ways to save time and frustration in this world where
information overload is rife!

Bottom posts is fine for corporate emails because law requires these
days to keep a full thread of messages to keep a record of what the
management is doing.



Gordon wrote:
On 28/01/2011 04:32, choro wrote:
Wot on earth is Windows Live Mail?


Spmething that top posts. if you are using Thunderbird then set it to
BOTTOM posting...

  #188  
Old January 31st 11, 12:26 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Roy Smith[_6_]
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On 1/30/2011 9:08 PM, Tester wrote:

Top posts is better. Who in their right mind wants to scroll down a long
thread just to read two lines of a message! You better start learning
better ways to save time and frustration in this world where information
overload is rife!


[...SNIP...]

Gordon wrote:
On 28/01/2011 04:32, choro wrote:
Wot on earth is Windows Live Mail?


Spmething that top posts. if you are using Thunderbird then set it to
BOTTOM posting...


That's what I like about the QuoteCollapse add-on for Thunderbird. It
collapses quoted material in a post to just the first line of the most
recent quoted material. There is a toggle so that one can expand the
quoted material if one needs to have a refresher of what the
conversation is about. I know Agent has the ability to mute quoted text
as well and I'm sure that there are other newsreaders that can do it
too. So your argument of having to scroll through lots of text doesn't
hold water. Though I do agree that more people need to get into the
habit of trimming down what they are quoting to what is relevant to
their reply.


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Monday, January 31, 2011 5:24:17 AM
  #189  
Old January 31st 11, 01:48 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Stan Brown
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:08:43 +0000, Tester wrote:

Top posts is better. Who in their right mind wants to scroll down a
long thread just to read two lines of a message! You better start
learning better ways to save time and frustration in this world where
information overload is rife!


There should never be a "long thread" with just two lines at the end.
Trim your quotes.

This is Usenet, not Jeopardy. Answers come after the things they are
answering.

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  #190  
Old January 31st 11, 02:44 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
James Silverton[_2_]
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Tester wrote on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:08:43 +0000:

Bottom posts is fine for corporate emails because law requires
these days to keep a full thread of messages to keep a record of what
the management is doing.


Gordon wrote:
On 28/01/2011 04:32, choro wrote:
Wot on earth is Windows Live Mail?


Spmething that top posts. if you are using Thunderbird then
set it to BOTTOM posting...


Top posts is better. Who in their right mind wants to scroll down a
long thread just to read two lines of a message!


That presumes that you are following a thread closely and have read the
previous posts sufficiently recently to know what is concerned.

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  #191  
Old January 31st 11, 02:45 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Alias[_49_]
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On 01/31/2011 04:08 AM, Tester wrote:

Top posts is better.


*are* better.

Who in their right mind wants to scroll down a long
thread just to read two lines of a message! You better start learning
better ways to save time and frustration in this world where information
overload is rife!


Ever hear of snipping?


Bottom posts is fine for corporate emails because law requires these
days to keep a full thread of messages to keep a record of what the
management is doing.


You don't know what you're talking about.

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  #192  
Old February 1st 11, 03:21 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Tester[_2_]
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There is absolutely no need to follow the entire thread because all you
need to do is to respond to that particular post you have read. If it
is not clear from it what he/she is talking about then there is no need
to respond. For example, my this post is dealing with your message
only. There is no need to read any other messages in the thread to know
what you are about.

Can you imagine when you have 50 or more messages in one thread? How
far do you go to read all that crap?



James Silverton wrote:

That presumes that you are following a thread closely and have read the
previous posts sufficiently recently to know what is concerned.






 




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