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Dave F. - 23 Feb 2006 16:27 GMT

Hi
I'm using O. '02.

When I click on a url embeded in an email message it opens in an already
open IE window.

Is there a way to force it to open a new window?

Or even better, open into another web browser, such as Mozilla.

Cheers

Dave F.

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Brian Tillman - 23 Feb 2006 18:19 GMT

> When I click on a url embeded in an email message it opens in an
> already open IE window.
>
> Is there a way to force it to open a new window?

Please don't multipost.

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Dave F. - 24 Feb 2006 12:41 GMT

Thanks for the info in the other group.

Sorry Brian, but I will continue to multi-post.
Please be aware that these are not cross-postings.

#My posts were relevent to both groups
Why are there 2 groups for the same thing?

#I need to obtain the most accurate answers to my query.
Over the years I've noticed that many people reply to messages where
they don't have a clue what they're talking about. Asking in multiple groups
will gain the widest spread of answers to help me filter out the erroneous
replies.

#The vast majority of people do not read both groups.
Not only with outlook but all newsgroups. Don't know why.

#I've been told not to multi-post because it people will end up replying
twice to the same query.
If people are to stupid to not to recognise the similar posts & not
remember doing the original answer then they really shouldn't be give
answers.

Is this an up to date rules of conduct?:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx

Dave F.

> > When I click on a url embeded in an email message it opens in an
> > already open IE window.
> >
> > Is there a way to force it to open a new window?
>
> Please don't multipost.

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Brian Tillman - 24 Feb 2006 14:31 GMT

> Sorry Brian, but I will continue to multi-post.
> Please be aware that these are not cross-postings.

And that's what makes them wrong. Crossposting is EXACTLY what you should
do.

> #My posts were relevent to both groups
> Why are there 2 groups for the same thing?

While some groups may overlap, the group m.p.outlook (i.e., this one) was
never meant to be used. It was supposed to be nothing more than a root of
the mp.outlook hierarchy, with general questions going to
m.p.outlook.general.

> #I need to obtain the most accurate answers to my query.
> Over the years I've noticed that many people reply to messages
> where they don't have a clue what they're talking about. Asking in
> multiple groups will gain the widest spread of answers to help me
> filter out the erroneous replies.

Like I said, asking in multiple groups is fine, but use crossposting, not
multiposting. Crossposting is detectable by newsreaders and they'll mark a
message as read in all groups once it has been read in one group so that the
reader need see it only once. Multiposting makes it separate messages in
each group so there's no way to detect that it's a duplicate other than by
reading. You need to peruse the FAQs describing how to use newsgroups.
news.answers is a good place to start.

> #The vast majority of people do not read both groups.
> Not only with outlook but all newsgroups. Don't know why.

Oh. You've asked the vast majority to confirm this? I think not. Reading
the m.p.o hierarchy confirms that the people who answer questions in one of
them are also the people who answer the questions in the others. Your
argument, in these groups, is specious.

> Is this an up to date rules of conduct?:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx

You bet and apparently you didn't read it because look what is says (I added
some emphasis):

cross-post Adding a single post to more than one discussion group at the
same time. Cross-posting is an advanced feature and should only be *used if
you really believe that more than one discussion group will be interested in
your thread*.

multi-post Adding the same post to more than one discussion group, one
discussion group at a time (so there is only one group listed in the header
of each post). *Multi-posting is not recommended* and should only be used if
you are prepared to track down each individual instance of your posts.

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Dave F. - 24 Feb 2006 16:50 GMT

Multi-posting is not recommended and *should only be used if
you are prepared to track down each individual instance of your posts.*

So, it's down to personal preference then.

Am I mistaken in believing the thinking behind this has changed in the
previous couple of years?
I'm sure I & others have been critised for _cross-posting_ on MS & Autodesk
news.

> > Sorry Brian, but I will continue to multi-post.
> > Please be aware that these are not cross-postings.
[quoted text clipped - 47 lines]
> of each post). *Multi-posting is not recommended* and should only be used if
> you are prepared to track down each individual instance of your posts.

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Brian Tillman - 27 Feb 2006 14:13 GMT

> Am I mistaken in believing the thinking behind this has changed in the
> previous couple of years?
> I'm sure I & others have been critised for _cross-posting_ on MS &
> Autodesk news.

If you were criticized for crossposting then the complaintants were either
in error or ignorant of USENET protocol.

Crossposting, by the way, can be done only if using a real newsreader.
Microsoft's web interface can't do it, as far as I can tell.

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