On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:46:18 GMT, "Thomas Mooney"
wrote:

Kevin S. Wilson wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:04:14 GMT, "Thomas Mooney"
wrote:

I only ask
because my newsreader (OE 5.0) handles it just fine.

There's the problem. I said "newsreader," not "worm and virus
dissemination system."


C'mon Kevin. I really expected better from you. This is exactly the type
of response you often rail against. I mean, it's cute. But it really
didn't answer the question I posed.

I didn't directly answer your question because I think the question is
fundamentally flawed, because it depends on the premise that what
works for most is automatically desireable. "Majority rules" works
fine for picking whether the 6th graders want to play dodge ball or
volleyball at recess; beyond that, it isnt much help. I try to make my
posts conveniently viewable on any newsreader. That means not breaking
threaded posts by inserting a new subject line unless it is my
intention to start a new thread.

How about this: Show me where Forte is RFC-compliant in this regard and OE
is not, and I'll shut my mouth on the subject. But just because you use a
newsreader you feel is superior doesn't mean it isn't technically flawed.

I presented a piece of empirical evidence (the References: / Message ID:
headers) that the thread was not broken. I've never read any of the NNTP
RFCs, so I don't know if this is the gold standard. But, if you want to
point me to the portion of the appropriate RFC that shows Forte's
behavior to be more compliant than OE's, then I'll let it slide that the
majority of the posts on this newsgroup are made with OE and the vast
majority are not made with Forte.

Nah, I'll pass. I have better things to do than read RFCs.



--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?"