windows live mail will not use ">" for quoting

I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows live
mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">" to quote
the message I am replying to.
What is the solution?

123Jim wrote:

> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows
> live mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">"
> to quote the message I am replying to.
> What is the solution?

Another news reader ...

"123Jim" <> wrote in message
news:isjkbk$kpe$...
>
> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows
> live mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">"
> to quote the message I am replying to.
> What is the solution?


MS doesn't give a rats ass about Usenet. Only their wonderful new forums.
As Sunny Bard said, get another newsreader.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010
Imperial Beach, CA

"123Jim" <> wrote in message
news:isjkbk$kpe$...
>
> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows live
> mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">" to quote
> the message I am replying to.
> What is the solution?

Use an earlier version of WLM, if that's what you'd like to stay with:

Windows Live Mail 2009 (v. 14.0.8092.0805)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...e-757693072a1c
--
SC Tom

On 06-Jun-2011 18:29, 123Jim wrote:
>
> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows
> live mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">"
> to quote the message I am replying to.
> What is the solution?

Thunderbird works fine for me.

http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

--
Leala.

On Mon, 6 Jun 2011 23:29:05 +0100, 123Jim wrote:
>
> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows live
> mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">" to quote
> the message I am replying to.
> What is the solution?

Isn't it obvious? Windows Live Mail is unsuitable as a newsreader,
so don't use it for that purpose.

Seriously, dude: it's broken and it can't be fixed y a user.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Shikata ga nai...

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:07:17 -0400, Leala <>
wrote:

>On 06-Jun-2011 18:29, 123Jim wrote:
>>
>> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows
>> live mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">"
>> to quote the message I am replying to.
>> What is the solution?
>
>Thunderbird works fine for me.
>
>http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Thunderbird is a combination (al in one), email & newsreader.
The email setup, when you type in your email and password,
and click <next>, it will insert the remaining parameters for you,
to automatically <create> your email account. For your newsgroup
account, that is a manual setup, if you have one. <Forteinc.com> has
trial period accounts. You now will be able to access your emails, and
newsgroups, write & reply's, all at once, without screwing around
having to open word, browsers and the such separately from your
desktop. The program is like having an Eudora and Agent, all in one.

Hi, Jim.

"123Jim" wrote in message news:isjkbk$kpe$...

> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows live
> mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">" to quote
> the message I am replying to.

> What is the solution?

Yes, "bizarre" is an appropriate word. But, in spite of its shortcomings,
I'm using WLM 2011. (The Ribbon UI kind of grows on you if you give it a
fair trial, especially after you discover the QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) and
create some one-click icons. But Win7 is NOT WinXP, and WLM is NOT OE.)

A PARTIAL solution to the quoting problem is what I did to your message
quoted above. I prepended the ">", and then I deleted the line-ends to make
the whole paragraph a single line of text. In this case, since your post
was short, I've replied at the bottom. In most threads, I top-post, leaving
the OP at the bottom and, if needed to clarify which point I'm addressing,
I'll quote a part of it by pasting that passage and perhaps by applying my
partial fix to that quote. This is not a complete solution, but it works
for me.

Sadly, this newsgroup (and a few others) has devolved into a "hate WLM"
chorus. A typical thread these days starts with the OP asking a question.
This is followed by one post answering the question...and by a dozen or more
posts debating the merits of various newsreaders - mostly trashing WLM
2011 - and not helping the OP at all. :>(

This thread has already started a similar pattern but without even a helpful
first response. You asked a specific question about WLM; I've given one
partial answer and I hope it works for you. If anybody else addresses your
actual question, I'll be interested to read it and reply if I think I can
help further. But I have no plans to join the endless "my newsreader is
better than your newsreader" debate.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3508.1109) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1

Have you tried using XNews? Perhaps it might be just what you need.
There is nothing to install and it can be carried with you on your flash
drive!

Microsoft had nutters like R C White (who was calling himself MVP until
kicked out); so no wonder M$ has failed.

hth


On 06 Jun 2011, you wrote in alt.windows7.general:

>
> I find it bizarre that Microsoft would provide a news reader (windows
> live mail) and make it difficult to reply in the correct way using ">"
> to quote the message I am replying to.
> What is the solution?
>
>

On 6/06/2011, R. C. White posted:
> But I have no plans to join the endless "my newsreader is better than your
> newsreader" debate.

Nah, it's really "Your newsreader is worse than my newsreader" :-)

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)