On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 04:05:42PM -0500, Shawn McMahon wrote: > begin quoting what Daniel Bye said on Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 09:00:15PM +0000: > > > > for Outlookers, and I seem to spend a _lot_ of time sending mail to folks using > > Outlook. > > I spend a lot of time sending mail to Outlook users, too, but it all > just says this: > > > If you are reading this, it means that you sent me an email saying that > you can't read my emails. The short answer to why not is: > > Your mailer is broken. This is your problem, not mine. File a bug > report with the vendor. I'm going to continue signing my mail, and if > you don't change your end of things, you're going to continue having > problems reading it. > > In some cases (you're cute, my mom, or you're offering sufficient reasons > per hour), I'll make exceptions, but this is on a case-by-case basis, and > I'm intentionally leaving it as a PITA manual process so that each of us > is reminded it's a bad idea: me, when I do it, you, when I forget and > you're stuck with unreadable mail from me. GET A REAL MAILER. > > No, this isn't a virus, a bomb, a bug, a worm, or any other executable > code. And if it is, that's your problem, not mine. > > If your IT or MIS department is brain-dead enough to actually strip off > these attachments before you get your mail, I'm going to laugh at you > in public. Sorry, this ain't the sympathy department. > > > (This rant excerpted from a longer one copyright (c) 2001, Karsten M. Self. > Full rant available on request.) >
Err, thanks... ;-) I agree with the main thrust of the rant, but would leave myself in a very tenuous position at work if I were to adopt a similar stance. I resent having to "break" mutt, so that the already shafted Outlook doesn't sh*t it- self, but I am one of at most 5 pc of the office population who wouldn't accept the status quo and just use Outlook. Alas, that means that most of my day to day business is carried out with people whom I don't really want to alienate by sending them a (finely crafted, no doubt ;-) rant, especially as we're coming up to pay review time! But thanks, again - if only I had a heart like a lion... Dan
