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   Sydney to All   
   Re: Sendto   
   11 Jul 11 11:30:52   
   
   From: kayzen@free.fr   
      
   "Sydney"  a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :   
   4e19da2b$0$16393$426a74cc@news.free.fr...   
      
   "Nil"  a écrit dans le message de groupe de   
   discussion : Xns9F1D911865A4Cnilch1@130.133.4.11...   
   > On 09 Jul 2011, "Sydney"  wrote in   
   > alt.os.windows-xp:   
   >   
   >> I coudn't reproduce the message !   
   >   
   > Too bad. That might provide the best clue and help avoid wild guesses.   
   >   
   >> How do you register Outlook express as a system default ?   
   >> i assume you get a question when launching if it is not your   
   >> default .   
   >   
   > Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs | Set Program Access and   
   > Defaults | Custom | Choose a default e-mail program.   
   >   
   > Also, there's a setting in Outlook Express:   
   >   
   > Tools | Options | General | Default Messaging Programs   
   >   
   >> Sorry for the non proper characters (signs  like > or << ) about   
   >> the thread development.   
   >> Windows Live 2011 mail doesn't handle ?   
   >   
   > No, it doesn't - WLM 2011 is severely broken for newsgroups. It's not   
   > able to properly quote previous messages, so its not able for the   
   > reader to tell who said what. It's sure to cause confusion and   
   > misunderstanding if you keep using it. You would be well off to   
   > downgrade to the previous version, WLM 2009, or finding another   
   > newsreader. There are several good ones for free or cheap. Even Outlook   
   > Express is better than WLM2011.   
      
   I 'll test your suggestions when I can access the culprit.   
   This is written with WLM 2009 : A lot better for Newsgroups   
      
   Thanks a lot.  Outlook Express  was not the default Mail program. This was   
   the cause of the problem.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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