So much Windows Mailer crap on this list...

[Amanda Lee]

es I'd love to get rid of those three or so lines but have just learned to
tolerate those.

Amanda



On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Thomas Stivers wrote:

> As I have to use windows for access to most of the important things on my
> school's web site and I don't like rebooting 3 times a day I am stuck using
> windows for most tasks, however I too am really annoyed by the charset stuff
> in pine. I was wondering if one could use procmail to have it simply change
> the charset message in the header before pine ever sees the mail? I don't
> really know very much about procmail so this idea may be off base, but
> something that says
> if charset is not iso8859-1
> charset = iso8859-1
> Sorry for my choice of e-mail programs, but one must do as the institution
> demands. *smile*
>
> Ps. Even mor annoying imho than the malformed html messages are the rants
> that start up on this topic on blindness related e-mail lists about once a
> week.
>
> Thomas Stivers
> stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amanda Lee" <amanda at shellworld.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: So much Windows Mailer crap on this list...
>
>
> > Yeah, I rarely agree with KW.  But when is it that we as a bunch of
> > blinkies will stop living in somebody else's World?
> >
> > Best I can suggest is to get over it or not subscribe to any mailing
> > lists.  I appreciate it when people don't use html in messages but by the
> > same token, I am not at liberty to dictate to them how they are to post
> > mail and from what medium.  I've been using pine for years and I just
> > spoze that most of the nuisances are just that and they surely don't
> > mess-up my whole damn! day! ha!
> >
> >
> > Amanda Lee
> >
> > P.S. find where your Delet Key is and if you need a lesson on how to use
> > it, then maybe someone will show you!
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Kirk Wood wrote:
> >
> > > I have several things to say about the whole thing. The first is that if
> > > you find 3 lines of information that bothersome, you should consult your
> > > doctor about this. Perhaps with some counseling and pills you can get
> your
> > > anger in check. Get for f__ real. I am not sure why my pine doesn't
> > > display a bunch of tags. It rarely does and it is version 4.21.
> > >
> > > The second thing I wonder is when did Kirk R die? Why the hell do we
> have
> > > people who can't configure their GD computers making demands? How the
> hell
> > > do you know that people aren't in the process of converting? How the
> hell
> > > do you know that someone posting from a windows machine is not stuck
> using
> > > their company computer?
> > >
> > > Here is a suggestion: help those who bother you or shut the hell up!
> Write
> > > to the offender (privately) and explain your beef. When you see the
> > > occasional messge about character set just skip the next 32 lines. If
> you
> > > are above moron level you already know what they are on.
> > >
> > > =======
> > > Kirk Wood
> > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > >
> > > Nowlan's Theory:
> > >         He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
> > >         the next freeway exit.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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