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Subject: (OFF TOPIC) Re: MS Exchange
From: Nick Zivanovic
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Tue Jun 04 19:30:02 1996
Dick and fellow MAPUGers,
I too was using Exchange because of a few features I liked in it that
I couldn't find in other mailers (e.g., drag-and-drop attachments) but
got sick of the bugs and crashes. I have switched to the (beta) MS
Internet Mail app (available for download from MS web site) and all my
problems went away (I think).
The interface is much cleaner, it's easier to configure, and it has
configuration options that let it get along fine with other mail apps
(you can set the line-wrap length).
This app is paired with a USENET reader, although I think that needs a
bit more work.
I have not seen any problems with "garbage" or erroneous attachments
appearing in mail sent from this app appearing on my reader at work
(NeXTMail -- anyone out there use a NeXT? The MS Internet Mail looks
alot like NeXTMail, an app that I really like) that I saw with
exchange. If anyone on MAPUG sees them, let me know.
Check this app out -- it beats Netscape and Eudora (and of course
Exchange) hands down (IMHO).
nz
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From: Dick.Green. <dick.green@valley.net>
To: 'MAPUG'. <mapug@shore.net>
Subject: OT: MS Exchange
Date: Tuesday, June 04, 1996 2:53 pm
Sorry to all of you who's e-mail packages do not support line
wrapping. I've been unable to find any configuration parameter in
Microsoft Exchange to insert hard newlines in my messages. If anyone
knows how to do it, please let me know.
By the way, it appears that many packages do support receiving
messages containing paragraphs without hard newlines. I believe the
rationale behind this design is that the receiving package can then
format paragraphs to fit nicely in whatever window width the receiving
user has selected. Otherwise, if the sender's window is wide and the
receiver's window is narrow, you get the same problem with line
overflow. If the sender's window is narrow and the receiver's window
is wide, the message could look funny and be hard to read (and take
more lines on the screen to display.)
I don't think it's a bug that MS Exchange sends messages this way. I
prefer to receive messages formatted without hard newlines. The bug is
that they don't give you any option for compatibility with more
primitive mail packages (just kidding... don't waste any line time
flaming me.)
Dick
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