i was thinking starting a new thread would be less work, guess i am just
lazy, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Wizzzer" > wrote in message
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>> Julie, I ran into the problem you are having replying to messages before.
>> It isn't a new problem. I found this reference to it in "INSIDE OUTLOOK
>> EXPRESS" http://www.insideoe.com/problems/error.htm#line3 Copy follows:
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>> Malformed message ID: Line 3 References too long
>> This error message occurs when you reply to a deep thread in newsgroups.
>> Line 3 is the References header. It contains the message ID of every
>> message in the thread. When this line becomes too long, Outlook Express
>> adds a carriage return instead of removing some of the IDs in the middle.
>> This makes the last message ID invalid and so your reply is blocked from
>> being sent.
>> To work around this bug, save your reply to your desktop by clicking Save
>> as on the File menu. Open the saved *.eml file in Notepad and edit line
>> 3, References, by removing some of the message IDs in the middle. Be sure
>> to leave the first and last IDs so that your reply will thread properly
>> once it is posted. Saved your edited file, then double-click it to open
>> and click Send.
>> An alternate method is to save, not your reply, but the message to which
>> you want to reply. Edit the saved message to remove some of the message
>> IDs, save the changes, then open the edited file and click Reply.
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> Yikes! That sounds like a pain. I'd just as soon not reply.
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