es I'd love to get rid of those three or so lines but have just learned to tolerate those. Amanda On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Thomas Stivers wrote: > As I have to use windows for access to most of the important things on my > school's web site and I don't like rebooting 3 times a day I am stuck using > windows for most tasks, however I too am really annoyed by the charset stuff > in pine. I was wondering if one could use procmail to have it simply change > the charset message in the header before pine ever sees the mail? I don't > really know very much about procmail so this idea may be off base, but > something that says > if charset is not iso8859-1 > charset = iso8859-1 > Sorry for my choice of e-mail programs, but one must do as the institution > demands. *smile* > > Ps. Even mor annoying imho than the malformed html messages are the rants > that start up on this topic on blindness related e-mail lists about once a > week. > > Thomas Stivers > stivers_t at mail.utexas.edu > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amanda Lee" <amanda at shellworld.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:36 PM > Subject: Re: So much Windows Mailer crap on this list... > > > > Yeah, I rarely agree with KW. But when is it that we as a bunch of > > blinkies will stop living in somebody else's World? > > > > Best I can suggest is to get over it or not subscribe to any mailing > > lists. I appreciate it when people don't use html in messages but by the > > same token, I am not at liberty to dictate to them how they are to post > > mail and from what medium. I've been using pine for years and I just > > spoze that most of the nuisances are just that and they surely don't > > mess-up my whole damn! day! ha! > > > > > > Amanda Lee > > > > P.S. find where your Delet Key is and if you need a lesson on how to use > > it, then maybe someone will show you! > > > > > > On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Kirk Wood wrote: > > > > > I have several things to say about the whole thing. The first is that if > > > you find 3 lines of information that bothersome, you should consult your > > > doctor about this. Perhaps with some counseling and pills you can get > your > > > anger in check. Get for f__ real. I am not sure why my pine doesn't > > > display a bunch of tags. It rarely does and it is version 4.21. > > > > > > The second thing I wonder is when did Kirk R die? Why the hell do we > have > > > people who can't configure their GD computers making demands? How the > hell > > > do you know that people aren't in the process of converting? How the > hell > > > do you know that someone posting from a windows machine is not stuck > using > > > their company computer? > > > > > > Here is a suggestion: help those who bother you or shut the hell up! > Write > > > to the offender (privately) and explain your beef. When you see the > > > occasional messge about character set just skip the next 32 lines. If > you > > > are above moron level you already know what they are on. > > > > > > ======= > > > Kirk Wood > > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > > > > > Nowlan's Theory: > > > He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from > > > the next freeway exit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
