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dennis@home wrote:
Thats not windows, thats just outlook.

Which is part of Windose.

Its an optional part of Office.

Eh?
Its the one OSS keeps trying to copy (not very well).

Eh eh?

If you really want to be pedantic there is *no* user software in linux.
You have to use some other OSS to do anything.
You can use all the *good* OSS software on windows if you want to.
You give linux far too much credit, it is a tiny bit of OSS.


of which there's lots around for free. Like Thunderbird.

And like OE.

Which is crap, unless you apply non Windose fixes to it. It is non
compliant.

None compliant with what?

The clearly set out standards for a medium which wasn't owned by MS, but
designed to work with any basic computer, independant of operating system.

It posts plain text posts perfectly well.

It will attempt to post in HTML unless you stop it. It uses a non standard
ASCII set. It can't even manage the correct length lines. And lots lots
more.

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