Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-30 Thread Michael Herman
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 08:10:44AM -0500, Jeremy Blosser wrote: >On Aug 29, Ken Weingold [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2002, Peter T. Abplanalp wrote: >> > you can always try but it has been my experience that these people >> > don't want to change to anything other than M$. if yo

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-30 Thread Ken Weingold
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002, Jeremy Blosser wrote: > Though I haven't set that up here yet and just have a local address book > for most of my contacts, and it works well enough it hasn't bothered me. I > guess it helps most of the people here have standard-format user names. This is government. The a

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-30 Thread Jeremy Blosser
On Aug 30, Ken Weingold [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002, Jeremy Blosser wrote: > > Is Notes at least able to forward all incoming mail to an address? > > > > Our Exchange server doesn't have IMAP enabled either, so I've got some > > scripts that make it push incoming mail out to

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-30 Thread Ken Weingold
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002, Jeremy Blosser wrote: > Is Notes at least able to forward all incoming mail to an address? > > Our Exchange server doesn't have IMAP enabled either, so I've got some > scripts that make it push incoming mail out to a unix box. Exchange can > only forward, not redirect/bounc

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-30 Thread Jeremy Blosser
On Aug 29, Ken Weingold [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2002, Peter T. Abplanalp wrote: > > you can always try but it has been my experience that these people > > don't want to change to anything other than M$. if your boss is still > > semi technical this might work; however, if he

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-30 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Sven Guckes wrote: > set attibution="begin 666 quoted text of %boss" begin followed by two blanks anywhere in the mail body would do, until termininated by an end But what's the point? Bosses define what constitutes brokenness. If he can't read your email, it's your f

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Ken Weingold
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002, Peter T. Abplanalp wrote: > you can always try but it has been my experience that these people > don't want to change to anything other than M$. if your boss is still > semi technical this might work; however, if he has gone totally over > to the dark side of management, he

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Charles Cazabon
Sven Guckes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > tell your boss you don't have time for reformatting > his %$!@# mails because you have *work* to do! > if he wants you tos end better emails then this > will take *time* and this has to be *paid* for. Better yet, the OP should tell him he won't break hi

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Sven Guckes
* Peter T. Abplanalp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 23:49]: > > then why help him enjoy that you spend your time fixing up > > your messages to suit the needs of his broken mailer? > > i mean - does he *pay* you for this kind of work? extra? > actually, he does; although, he may not know it. :-

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Peter T. Abplanalp
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:37:30AM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > * Peter T. Abplanalp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 23:29]: > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:21:53AM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > > > if your boss behaves stupid and you play along - does that help? > > > who will suffer in the end? exa

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Sven Guckes
* Peter T. Abplanalp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 23:29]: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:21:53AM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > > if your boss behaves stupid and you play along - does that help? > > who will suffer in the end? exactly - both you and your boss. > depends on your point of view. most

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Peter T. Abplanalp
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:21:53AM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > * Sven Guckes wrote: > > the problem is that M$ does not play according to the rules. > > it's time to give up compatibility with them and let them > > feel that they are using bad software. let *them* suffer! > > * Peter T. Abplanal

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Sven Guckes
* Sven Guckes wrote: > the problem is that M$ does not play according to the rules. > it's time to give up compatibility with them and let them > feel that they are using bad software. let *them* suffer! * Peter T. Abplanalp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 23:08]: > while i agree with your senti

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Peter T. Abplanalp
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 12:55:18AM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > * Michael Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 17:26]: > > At work, I use Linux and have been using Mutt and Sylpheed. > > Yesterday, my boss complained about the format of my e-mails. > > So to make him happy, I have developed > > a

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Sven Guckes
* Michael Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 17:26]: > At work, I use Linux and have been using Mutt and Sylpheed. > Yesterday, my boss complained about the format of my e-mails. > So to make him happy, I have developed > an attribution string that mimics Outlook. ask him why he is using a ma

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Jeremy Blosser
On Aug 29, Michael Herman [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > At work, I use Linux and have been using Mutt and Sylpheed. > Yesterday, my boss complained about the format of my e-mails. So to > make him happy, I have developed an attribution string that mimics > Outlook. Yes, I have to do the same. :(

Re: Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Gary Johnson
On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 01:25:54PM -0400, Michael Herman wrote: > How can I tell Mutt not to replace the tabs with > in the pager or as > I'm replying to e-mails? I would like to use a folder-hook if > possible. I don't think mutt's pager is adding those >'s. At least I've never heard of or se

Emulating (gaaack) Outlook attribution

2002-08-29 Thread Michael Herman
At work, I use Linux and have been using Mutt and Sylpheed. Yesterday, my boss complained about the format of my e-mails. So to make him happy, I have developed an attribution string that mimics Outlook. folder-hook $HOME/Mail/Mail-Work/* 'set attribution="\n\n-Original Message-\nFrom: %