From: toolittletoolate@poo.com

Rick G wrote:

> In article <4122f946$0$206$75868355@news.frii.net>,
>  Elizabot  wrote:
>
>
>>Rick G wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <4122ee91$0$208$75868355@news.frii.net>,
>>> Elizabot  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Rick G wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>For no particular reason, but just for posterity...
>>>>>Setting the "Followup-To" header is more difficult than it should be in
>>>>>Microsoft Entourage.
>>>>>
>>>>>It can be accessed through Tools > Accounts > (select Account) > Edit >
>>>>>Options then set through the Header and Value fields.
>>>>>
>>>>>It unfortunately cannot be set on a per message basis, but only on an
>>>>>account basis.
>>>>>
>>>>>It would seem that anyone hoping to use this header to clean up a
>>>>>particular group might need to either use a different account just for
>>>>>replies to certain individuals, or to use a different news reader.
>>>>>
>>>>>Entering the "Followup-To" string in the body of the message will not
>>>>>work, as newsservers transmit heads separate from bodies of messages.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>MICROSOFT SUCKS!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, I agree. They are following the standard, but arranging it so that
>>>compliance to the full spec is not easy.
>>>
>>>Ideally these posts should be set to Followup-To here...
>>>Unfortunately, the tools don't work the way people expect.
>>
>>MICROSOFT SUCKS!!!
>
>
> Microsoft is well known for such technically correct, but generally
> useless crap:
>
> A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical
> malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and
> communications equipment.
> Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the
> helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it,
> circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said "WHERE AM I?" in
> large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the
> aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their
> sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."
> The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course
> to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the
> ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
> "I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me
> a technically correct but completely useless answer."
>
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- How many MS engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
- None, they just define darkness as an industry standard.

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