[OT] Proposal on off-topic discussions... Clyde

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Brian,
Thank you, you made my day!
Joe Goss
imatunr@primenet.com
http://www.primenet.com/~imatunr/


> Hi Clyde,
>
> I'm using Windows 95 at the moment, but I suspect it's pretty similar on
> other Windows products...
>
> My e-mail program is Outlook Express 5.0.
>
> At the top of the screen, see..
>
> FILE    EDIT    VIEW    TOOLS ...
>
> Select "TOOLS"
>
> >From the pull down menu, select "OPTIONS".
>
> You'll find an option listed as:  "Include Message in Reply".  If you put
a
> check in the box next to that one, it will automatically put the message
you
> are responding to in your new e-mail window.
>
> There's only one thing about that one.  It does it automatically, so it is
> easier to send a lot of stuff in your return e-mail that you might not
have
> intended to send by forgetting to cut out the extra stuff.  (Happens a lot
> on the Pianotech list... and yes, I've been guilty of it too, but I try to
> remember to only leave in things that help my e-mail to make sense.)  That
> is pretty easy to do, though.  Highlight / right click / cut   can make
> quick work out of deleting the sections you don't really want there.
>
> For this 'method', I am not using the e-mail link (even if there is one),
> but rather the "Reply" button.  You can still use the "Reply" button to
send
> the e-mail privately, but you'd have to change the address if it didn't
come
> from where you wish to send your e-mail, i.e. a private reply to a
Pianotech
> list post.
>
> Good luck, Clyde.
>
> Brian Trout
> Quarryville, PA
> btrout@desupernet.net
>
>
> From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
> > By clicking on the signature I
> > get only a blank email window with the address in place.  If there is no
> way to
> > include the message to which I am responding, I find this way to be of
> very
> > limited usefulness.
>
>