Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/02

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Subject: Re:[Leica] partially OT: a concrete example of Microsoft badness
From: "G. Michael Paine" <mickeyp35@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:28:25 -0700
References: <000b01c11ba5$309a31d0$3f075994@ecsipad>

>There is a tedious way to get the e-mail address of the person that
>posted the message.
>
>In the "Inbox" folder right click on the message subject line and select
>the "Options..." from the drop down menu.  This will open the "Message
>Options" window.
>
>Scroll through the internet headers until you see the "From:" field with
>the person's e-mail address.  Select and copy the e-mail address to the
>clipboard and close the window.
>
>Click on Reply for the message and paste the e-mail address in to the
>"To:" field and delete the LUG address.
>
>Now, the message will go to this person.
>
>andy
>
>
>>
>>  Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 10:26:44 -0700
>>  From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>  Subject: [Leica] partially OT: a concrete example of Microsoft badness
>>
>>  Note: this message is entirely about email and not about cameras or
>list
>>  manners.
>>
>>  Anybody who has been on the LUG longer than a year or so has heard me
>>  complain about the headaches that Microsoft email software causes list
>>  owners. ...
>
>>  The reason that I care even though I don't use this software, is that
>>  people who use Microsoft email software have more difficulty being
>good
>>  citizens on an email list.  When people who are not Email experts use
>>  Microsoft email programs, they don't have enough information to be
>able to
>>  send off-list messages to people, so either they send on-list messages
>or
>  > they ask me for the person's email address.

FYI: It would seen to me the best thing to do is use Eudora....
Michael

In reply to: Message from "A. H. Ongun" <ahongun@ecsysinc.com> (Re:[Leica] partially OT: a concrete example of Microsoft badness)