Re: Message Rules

From: Roberto (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 14:11:41 -0700

Gerry,
I'm taking entirely too much of your time with my simple
questions, but I dont't know what is meant by top or
bottom posting. I don't know if I'm using Web Based or
Outlook Express access to this newsgroup. Your last two
replies are acting-up again, in that, the text is going
across the screen in a long line instead of scrolling down
the screen, like a wrap-around feature is not working.
This prevents me from printing it out. Any clues?
Thanks again,
Roberto
>-----Original Message-----
>Roberto
>
>Many users in the Microsoft newsgroups prefer top
posting. Where a message is bottom posted, unless the
person reading the message is expecting bottom posting,
they can assume wrongly that the message was sent in
error. This is especially likely if the previous unsnipped
portions of previous messages are lengthy.
>
>I did not answer this question earlier.
>
>Do I go to this web site to comment on solutions:
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>The answer to your question is no. That web site offers
advice on how to write more effective news messages i.e.
what to include etc. Some of the points are worth
remembering.
>
>I think you are using the new web based service, which is
new to all of us. You need to Sign In using a Net
Passport. You need to have Windows Messenger ( you may be
able to use an alternative Messenger service -not sure?)
running to do this. You then need to find the message and
using "Outlook Express Message Rules" as the search
criteria scroll down to get to the thread. Open the
thread by clicking on the + sign and select the message
you wish to comment on. There are Yes and No buttons
giving you the option to answer the question "Was this
post helpful to you".
>
>There is a lot more in the Help (Help contains 21 pages
of explanations) tiny button top right on this page:
>http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/e
n-us/default.aspx
>
>The section beginning "Why do I need to sign in to
Communities?" is the most relevant to your question.
>
>Many presently contributing to the newsgroup prefer using
Outlook Express as their news reader. It is more flexible
and easier to use than either of the two web based
newsreaders. However, for a casual user of newsgroups,
this latest version of the web based newsreader offers an
email service telling you of replies to questions posted
by you. You read your replies by clicking on a link in the
email. This latest innovation is intended to solve the
difficult problem of finding your original message and any
answers, which so troubled users of the earlier web based
news reader.
>
>
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>
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Gerry
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>FCA
>
>Stourport, Worcs, England
>Enquire, plan and execute.
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>Please tell the newsgroup how any
>suggested solution worked for you.
>http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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>
>
>
>"Roberto" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:21dad01c45b05$4fe26e20$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> >Gerry,
>> You are right, I do open OE in the Inbox. I'm going to
>> take your suggestion and create another box and maybe
call
>> it "Legitimate" or something to indicate valid mail and
>> direct the mail to it that I don't want to go to
>> the "Undesirable Box" because of words in it's body.
>> For some unknown reason, your replys to my questions
>> appear on my screen in a long horizontal line instead
of
>> scrolling down the screen so when I print it I only get
>> about the first 100 characters of the message.
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Roberto
>> Do I go to this web site to comment on solutions:
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>.
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