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In article <8o3pj9Fp82U1@mid.individual.net>, littlelionne@hotmail.com says... > > But answering you reminds me that I am also told I must spend time putting > in indents.

I'm sorry if I'm the one who's given you that impression. I didn't realise that that reply format was a default Microsoft thing until Steve Firth said so. I thought it was something that Mr Benn and others had deliberately configured for some strange reason. It may not even be possible to get OE to put in indents automatically, which is unforgiveable, but in any case I certainly don't expect you to put them in yourself!

I agree that the people who are saying that you and countless others should download new clients just so you can all read Simon Brooke's posts, and who are recommending that solution above Mr Brooke simply modifying his posts, are being ridiculous (although I'm not surprised: that sort of obnoxiously unreasonable "mustn't criticise one of their own" behaviour is what I've long since come to expect from the militant cyclists among us).

Sadly, I think there are some who believe that their computer knowledge will be more highly regarded if they constantly and vocally criticise Microsoft, and of course people who make their messages difficult to read using Microsoft products must be especially sophisticated and discerning: true hardcore Linux-using pros who are only interested in their messages being read by others who hate Microsoft sufficiently to know what they're doing.