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Geoff
2022-03-21 10:08:14 UTC
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Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly by
Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!

Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free! I want it just
for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.

Many thanks!
Graeme Wall
2022-03-21 10:11:35 UTC
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Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly by
Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free!  I want it
just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
Thunderbird, it's what I use. <https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/>
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Geoff
2022-03-21 11:23:09 UTC
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Post by Graeme Wall
Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly
by Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free!  I want
it just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
Thunderbird, it's what I use. <https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/>
Many thanks. I've just downloaded XanaNews and giving it a try. If
this is successful, I'll try Thunderbird.
Geoff
2022-03-21 11:25:40 UTC
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Post by Geoff
Post by Graeme Wall
Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed
correctly by Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free!  I
want it just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
Thunderbird, it's what I use. <https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/>
Many thanks. I've just downloaded XanaNews and giving it a try. If
this is successful, I'll try Thunderbird.
Should have said If this is NOT successful!
J. P. Gilliver (John)
2022-03-22 15:15:30 UTC
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Post by Geoff
Post by Geoff
Post by Graeme Wall
Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed
Not just to this group - but it may be that users of other 'groups you
participate in don't mind (or even use it themselves).
Post by Geoff
Post by Geoff
Post by Graeme Wall
Post by Geoff
correctly by Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free!  I
want it just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
Thunderbird, it's what I use. <https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/>
That's what I was going to suggest - it's pretty widely-known, so you
should find help with it without too much difficulty. And a common
interface for news and mail, if you should ever decide to go for it.
Another (news-only) popular one is (Free) Agent, though that is now
rather long in the tooth (and _I_ can't help you with it).
Post by Geoff
Post by Geoff
Many thanks. I've just downloaded XanaNews and giving it a try. If
this is successful, I'll try Thunderbird.
Should have said If this is NOT successful!
I guessed (-:

Good luck with Xana. I don't know that one.
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Steve Hayes
2022-03-21 13:54:58 UTC
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Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly by
Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free! I want it just
for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
I don't see anything wring with this one.

What's the problem?

Most of the badly-formed messages I see are posted on GoogleGroups.
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Geoff
2022-03-22 09:48:14 UTC
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Post by Steve Hayes
Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly
by Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free! I want
it just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
I don't see anything wring with this one.
What's the problem?
Most of the badly-formed messages I see are posted on GoogleGroups.
I'm not sure. It's ben reported to me that it's not formatting
properly. I can't see it as others see it.
Anyway I've changed to XanaNews now and I'll see how that goes.
J. P. Gilliver (John)
2022-03-22 15:22:14 UTC
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Post by Geoff
Post by Steve Hayes
Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly
by Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free! I want
it just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
I don't see anything wring with this one.
What's the problem?
None with the above one, which was a start-of-a-new-thread one. WLM
(from I think version 15) did not indicate quoted text in followups at
all (e. g. by prepending "> " to quoted lines), thus making any followup
posted by a user of it pretty hard to read, as you couldn't tell which
text was being quoted from the previous post, and which was new from the
followup poster. That, combined with a certain confusion over
top/middle/inter posting, caused WLM users in some 'groups to even get
killfiled!
Post by Geoff
Post by Steve Hayes
Most of the badly-formed messages I see are posted on GoogleGroups.
I'm not sure. It's ben reported to me that it's not formatting
properly. I can't see it as others see it.
Anyway I've changed to XanaNews now and I'll see how that goes.
Well, it seems to be adding indication of quoted text anyway (in your
post, any line you've quoted from Steve now has a "> " in front of it),
which is a good start - means we can easily see which lines are Steve's,
and which are your replies.

Thanks for taking my request to change client in the way it was
intended, by the way!
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Illinc fui et illud feci, habe tunicam?
Nigel Reed
2022-03-21 15:18:45 UTC
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:08:14 -0000
Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly
by Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free! I want
it just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
I'm using Claws and it's a really good usenet client. You can also use
it for a mail client if you wish.

You can find a windows port here

https://www.claws-mail.org/win32/
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Geoff
2022-03-22 09:50:00 UTC
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Post by Nigel Reed
On Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:08:14 -0000
Post by Geoff
Apparently my messages to this group are not being formed correctly
by Windows Live Mail v16. It is a bit old after all!!
Geoff
Any suggestions please for an alternative, preferably free! I want
it just for this group, I'll keep WLM for my emails.
Many thanks!
I'm using Claws and it's a really good usenet client. You can also use
it for a mail client if you wish.
You can find a windows port here
https://www.claws-mail.org/win32/
Thank you.
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