In a previous article, "Peter Duniho" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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If you look at the source code for Cleanfeed, you'll see the microsoft.*
newsgroups are among the few where HTML is explicitly allowed. Or at
least that was the case 4 or 5 years ago. I was told that was a request
from Microsoft. I never actually verified it.

So you have no evidence to support your claim. Given that you said "they

Yes, you're right. I meant to say I withdraw the claim in my previous
post, but I left it out.

There is NOTHING about OE that causes users to top-post. Quoted text has to

It sure seems like OE users top-post by default.

You will probably fall out of your chair in amazement to find out that I use
Outlook Express. After all, none of my posts exhibit these two Usenet faux

No, clueful users can overcome the limitations of their crappy software.

Your propensity toward conveying your biases with made-up names for products
has completely obfuscated this part of your post. I have no idea whatsoever
what product you're talking about here. "Bloated Stoats"? "Bloates"?

Lotus Notes. The worst piece of software ever written.


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