XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:16:26 +0000   
   "J. P. Gilliver"  wrote:   
      
   > On 2026/2/22 19:12:35, Mark Lloyd wrote:   
   > > On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:01:34 +0000, Peter Johnson wrote:   
   > >   
   > > [snip]   
   > >   
   > >> Outlook Express had news access. It wasn't that good, although I   
   > >> couldn't tell you why at this distance. I used it for a few weeks before   
   > >> I discovered Agent.   
   > >   
   > > Some people had a problem when you're replying and it would start with the   
   > > cursor at the top, leading to top-posting. That one never bothered me,   
   > > since I knew to click before typing anything.   
   >   
   > Some even suggested that was to encourage snipping/interposting, rather   
   > than not doing any snipping and adding all of your response at the   
   > bottom, which is (almost) as bad as top-posting.   
   >   
   > This was rather countered, though, by it also putting the .sig, if you   
   > had one, at the top.   
   >   
   > OE-Quotefix mostly fixed it, though.   
   > >   
   > > There was also a problem with multi-part binaries, although I don't   
   > > remember what.   
   >   
   > Ditto (the not remembering part).   
   []   
      
   OK, I confess, I first connected/posted to Usenet using OE;  +OE-Quotefix   
   when it became available - I've shifted nym (and v. computers) since then,   
   though.   
      
   fu to alt.folklore.computers, as this is now olde history.   
      
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   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
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