Re: Newsgroup members - newsreaders are not the same!

Thanks for the feedback,

David P.

Jay M. Scheiner wrote:
>
> I use forte free agent, and it seems to handle threads correctly.
> However, I see most of your replies as a new thread, not part of their
> original thread.
>
> On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 15:58:01 +0000, DNP <High.Flight_at_btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> >
> >--------------7783CFB3FA7
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >
> >A number of people have not been able to see threads properly, with the
> >result that some replies seem to be orphaned.
> >
> >
> >For example, a recent thread was invisible (in its entirety) to two of
> >the people replying to it.
> >
> >A screenshot of my Netscape's newsgroup client software (Netscape v.
> >3.xx) illustrates this.
> >
> >Referring to the screenshot, the posters Rick Wessman and Jeremy Ovenden
> >could not see the thread properly (evidenced by the contents of their
> >posts).
> >
> >So a general question to the newsgroup :-
> >
> >How does everyone access the newsgroup and does anyone have any ideas
> >which newsgroup client software apps don't handle threads properly?
> >
> >Thanks in anticipation,
> >
> >David P.
>
> Jay M. Scheiner
> Programmer/Analyst
> Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP
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Received on Sun Mar 12 2000 - 00:00:00 CST