On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:41:09 -0700, "HS" wrote:

I have been a reader and a sometimes contributor to this group for years. I
post a question and for whatever reason, it is in a bad format. And I get
flamed.

Well, no. You didn't get flamed. Not even close. Dave quoted the
HTML so you'd see how completely unreadable such posts are.

I said you didn't Get It, specifically meaning that you didn't Get
Usenet--it has its protocols, a MAJOR one of which is "NO
HTML"--Usenet is a medium for, and of, plain ASCII text.

Outlook Express is not, and never has been, Usenet-friendly. If one
insists on using it, in order for it to come close to conforming, that
user needs must become fairly expert in its use. I know that "every
Windows computer has OE"--and that's at best a feeble argument for its
use. There are several free, easy-to-use newsreaders for Windows.
It's very easy to download one, install it, and try it out. I suggest
you--and anyone else using OE on Usenet, try a real newsreader.

Take a look at www.newsreaders.com -- the site's been around a long
time, and has good information.

Oh, and another reason for not using OE--it's difficult to *not*
top-post with it. And top-posting in almost all Usenet groups is at
least one of:
ignorant
rude
arrogant
stupid.
In some, it's all 4.

Take a look at Nick Cramer's post--that's what top posting looks like:
a conversation which is exactly backward.

Now, if you choose to ignore the suggestions several are making, you
will then learn just what flaming is.

"Every single religion that has a monotheistic god
winds up persecuting someone else."
-Philip Pullman
--
-denny-
(not as curmudgeonly as I useta be)