[OLUG] /dev/modem lock

Adam Lassek lunatik at shell.radiks.net
Fri Feb 18 04:05:53 UTC 2000


I should have known it was another stupid Microsoft trick ;)

Phil Brutsche wrote:

> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
>
> > mesc wrote:
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> > what mail program are you using?
>
> He's using Outlook Express 4.
>
> > I havn't been able to read your posts, they're blank on my computer.
>
> Outlook Express 4 (configured a certain way) generates email messages that
> Netscape (what you're using) incorrectly parses and thus can't display
> properly.  I can sorta see the message in Pine; a screenshot is at
> http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/oe4-message.png.
>
> > I've seen this happen before; short of using another mail client, is
> > there any way to fix this?
>
> OE4 needs to be reconfigured; I'm not sure how to do that.  He (Gary
> Martin) could also try Outlook Express 5.  It's a free download, and can
> use OE4 mailboxes, so Gary (theoretically) isn't out anything.  It
> generates messages more correctly, from what I've seen.
>
> To more directly answer your question: either you need a new mail client
> (imo there aren't many decent ones, I'm afraid) or it's all in Gary's
> hands.
>
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> Phil Brutsche                                   pbrutsch at creighton.edu
>
> "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
> universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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