on 4/26/02 11:51 AM, Steven at Smuro_at_socal.rr.com wrote:
>
> Maybe others using Outlook aren't experiencing those problems.
>
> Steven
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Michael Mays
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:33 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] (No Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:34:09 -0500
>
>
> To be perfectly honest, Outlook SUCKS. I've been using it for some time
> now, and ever since I signed up for the list and applied filters to move
> all the NTLK messages to my NewtonTalk folder, it likes to only transfer
> them maybe 1/3 of the time...the rest of the time it nonchalantly leaves
> them all sitting in my Inbox for me to deal with. Not only that, but a
> bunch of these messages I've been getting have had a completely blank
> subject line. I'm getting rid of Outlook 2002 NOW. Argh. Those of you
> who are using it... I pity you. Use something else. :(
>
>
> Michael Mays
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Eric L. Strobel
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 4:19 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject:
>
>
> on 4/26/02 2:59 AM, Jon Glass at jonglass_at_mac.com wrote:
>
>>
>> on 4/26/02 3:54 AM, Eric L. Strobel at fyzycyst_at_comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>> I believe the gripe is that it would be nice to order the entire
> threads by
>>> date, not just w/in each thread.
>>
>> I can think of one good reason to have the threads listed by subject.
> If
>> they are sorted by subject, the same threads are usually in about the
> same
>> place in the folder view. In other words, the audio adapter is at or
> about
>> the top, and the palm threads are somewhere in the middle or toward
> the
>> bottom. I can follow threads pretty quickly because they are sorted by
>> topic, and not by the date of the first message in a thread (which
> could get
>> rather anarchic, now that I think of it. I have no problems with
> sorting by
>> subject to get threaded. I will give Victor credit, in that NewtonTalk
> is
>> the best email list (to which I'm subscribed) for its threads
> together.
>> Other lists somehow have the same thread split up in several places,
> yet
>> NewtonTalk keeps them together quite well. Do you put something in the
>> header that helps Entourage and OE to keep them together?
>
> It is largely (my opinion) that the "[NTLK]" comes AFTER the "Re:" in
> replies. This allows the original subject "[NTLK] blah blah blah" to
> remain
> invariant, thereby allowing OE/Entourage to establish that a swatch of
> messages are all part of the same thread.
>
> - Eric.
>
Actually, the origin of this was a discussion of Outlook Express &/or
Entourage (on the Mac). So the issues w/ Outlook 2002 are different than
what was being discussed.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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