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On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:24:01 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:20:46 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
> <not-me@other.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:55:57 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:07:10 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
>>> <not-me@other.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> No, you said "*like* a plugin." I understand. I was explaining that a
>>> plugin is software, and since this isn't software, it wasn't at all
>>> like a plugin.
>>> 
>>> But no big deal. I certainly don't want to argue with you about what
>>> "like" means.
>> 
>> But now you confuse me since you seem to be saying that OE is not
>> software. 
> 
> No, no. What I meant was ...
> 
>> So, I'll take it that you mean that all that happens to
>> Outlook is that a link is placed therein, rather than code being
>> inserted into it. 
> 
> Yes, exactly.
> 
>> I'm not much less confused by that :-)
>> 
>> -- 
>> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Finally! We can now shake hands and be friends :-)

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)