Another New Feature Request

[Bill Wood]

Rules and tools for the masses should be built in to
the fabric of the network. Most people simply don't
have the time, knowledge or interest.

w3

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On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 18:28:01, Brian Morrison wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Nov 1999 10:14:40 -0800 (PST), Bill Wood wrote:
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>>It cannot, for example, depend on everyone
>>following some obscure 'netiquette'.
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>Such a pity that. We all benefit by following 'rules' of one sort or
>another in everyday life, but email 'rules' are wrong and should be
>done away with? What would you do if someone decided that they don't
>want to drive on the accepted side of the road? It's the same sort of
>argument.
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>Anyway, as with the IPv6 changeover, any change 'net wide is likely to
>take many years to achieve. The better solution would be for every mail
>client to follow the existing rules properly, support all types of
>content and attachment, quote correctly etc etc. Most of these
>discussions would then be unnecessary.
>
>The vast majority of problems I see with mail can be laid at the door
>of Exchange and Lotus Notes, with sub cultures caused by Outlook and
>cc:Mail.
>
>-- 
>Brian Morrison                                  bdm@fenrir.demon.co.uk
>              do you know how far this has gone?
>               just how damaged have I become?
>                                      'Even Deeper' by Nine Inch Nails
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Bill Wood
Las Vegas, NV
wwwood@lv.rmci.net

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