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Article #77Re: send link by email greyed out
From: Gene E. Bloch
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:07
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:07
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:56:02 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: > On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:57:10 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch" > <not-me@other.invalid> wrote: > >> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:49:10 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:12:43 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch" >>> <not-me@other.invalid> wrote: > >>>> As I understand it, Outlook can (or could in earlier versions) be >>>> configured to use Outlook Express as a plug-in-like app to read >>>> newsgroups. >>> >>> No, it wasn't anything at all like a plug-in app. It simply linked to >>> Outlook Express (and the link could easily be changed to any other >>> program you want). There was simply a button called something like >>> "newsgroups" that, when clicked, started Outlook Express. >> >> Not sure why this isn't like a plug-in... > > Because no software was "plugged into" Outlook. The only thing in > Outlook was the name of the exe file that would be invoked if you > clicked the button. And also unlike a plugin, it was very easy to > change the name of the exe file to something else. I didn't way it *was* a plugin. But I accept your arguments as to why it *isn't* a plugin :-). -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
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From: "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid>
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Subject: Re: send link by email greyed out
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:07:10 -0700
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