From: toolittletoolate@poo.com   
      
   Rick G wrote:   
      
   > In article <4122f946$0$206$75868355@news.frii.net>,   
   >  Elizabot  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Rick G wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>In article <4122ee91$0$208$75868355@news.frii.net>,   
   >>> Elizabot  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>Rick G wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>For no particular reason, but just for posterity...   
   >>>>>Setting the "Followup-To" header is more difficult than it should be in   
   >>>>>Microsoft Entourage.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>It can be accessed through Tools > Accounts > (select Account) > Edit >   
   >>>>>Options then set through the Header and Value fields.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>It unfortunately cannot be set on a per message basis, but only on an   
   >>>>>account basis.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>It would seem that anyone hoping to use this header to clean up a   
   >>>>>particular group might need to either use a different account just for   
   >>>>>replies to certain individuals, or to use a different news reader.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Entering the "Followup-To" string in the body of the message will not   
   >>>>>work, as newsservers transmit heads separate from bodies of messages.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>MICROSOFT SUCKS!!!!   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>Yes, I agree. They are following the standard, but arranging it so that   
   >>>compliance to the full spec is not easy.   
   >>>   
   >>>Ideally these posts should be set to Followup-To here...   
   >>>Unfortunately, the tools don't work the way people expect.   
   >>   
   >>MICROSOFT SUCKS!!!   
   >   
   >   
   > Microsoft is well known for such technically correct, but generally   
   > useless crap:   
   >   
   > A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical   
   > malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and   
   > communications equipment.   
   > Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the   
   > helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it,   
   > circled, and held up a handwritten sign that said "WHERE AM I?" in   
   > large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the   
   > aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their   
   > sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."   
   > The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course   
   > to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the   
   > ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.   
   > "I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me   
   > a technically correct but completely useless answer."   
   >   
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   Yeah, yeah, yeah.   
      
   - How many MS engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb?   
   - None, they just define darkness as an industry standard.   
      
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   even a pretty nice guy, but can not hold his liquor well."   
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