Thanks Brian. Please bear in mind that people post questions here because
they need to know something -- ie they are (at the moment) less au fait than
you are.
I thought I was using Outlook, because that's the icon I use to get into
this, in preference to OE which came with my OS, and which I rapidly stopped
using for email, perceiving it to be inferior.
If someone kind had told me that (and possibly how) I get automatically
re-routed to Outlook Express I would have understood.
The work you and other MVPs do is very much appreciated but do remember that
some people (like the hapless new poster the other day to whom you replied,
perhaps a bit tersely, with words to the effect of 'It's been asked and
answered dozens of time on this ng, you mutt') are, in comparison *new* and
less clued up than you. A bit of patience would not go amiss.
And now, if I haven't p*d you right off, perhaps you (or someone else) could
briefly explain *why* I get the OE newsreader when I go through Outlook
2000, and what to do about it..
"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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aalaan wrote:
Maybe I'm being too sensitive, but were you rapping my knuckles
then? And if so, why? I'm just trying to get an answer and you seem
to be the most knowledgeable here...
I was "rapping your knuckles", since you insisted you were using Outlook
2000 for news when others told you you were really using Outlook Express.
I had you prove it to yourself so that you'd stop doubting those who knew
better.
As far as I know I am accessing this newsgroup through my copy of
Outlook which is on the Office 2000 CD and now on my desktop. Does
that somehow route it through OE?
The so-called "Outlook Newsreader" is simply Outlook Express being run
with the /outnews command line switch, which slightly reskins Outlook
Express and removes the mail functionality for that particular instance.
As such, the proper place to ask questions, is, therefore, the Outlook
Express newsgroup, just as I and others told you. This newsgroup is not
for Outlook Express questions.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general is.
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Brian Tillman