Sorry if my posts appear in duplicate this evening.

I am trying - so far without success - to solve a formatting problem
that occurs when I send my daily summary posts via Outlook Express.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

On 24 Jan, 21:44, "Colin Youngs" wrote:
Sorry if my posts appear in duplicate this evening.

I am trying *- *so far without success *- *to solve a formatting problem
that occurs when I send my daily summary posts via Outlook Express.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Sorry, could you repeat that please ;-)

"Colin Youngs" wrote in message
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| Sorry if my posts appear in duplicate this evening.
|
| I am trying - so far without success - to solve a formatting problem
| that occurs when I send my daily summary posts via Outlook Express.
|
| Colin Youngs
| Brussels
|
|
This happened to a mate a few months ago. He had recently changed to Windows
Vista, and every r***y e-mail he sent me arrived here twice!

This seems to be unique to Vista and Outlook Express, and somehow an
identity can appear twice in it's registry, so any e-mail or post sent
through OE gets duplicated and sent a second time. Check your identity and
account settings in case it's happened to you. Haven't got Vista, so can't
elaborate any further.

And something else intrigues me, since I haven't used this group for some
time. How do weather reports from Brussels get to appear in
"UK".sci.weather?

jbm
Northampton

On Jan 25, 12:36*am, "jbm" wrote:
"Colin Youngs" wrote in message

time. How do weather reports from Brussels get to appear in
"UK".sci.weather? *

Less frequently do you mean?

Perhaps he uses a decent e-mail manager like Thunderbird.
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/

"jbm" wrote in
:

And something else intrigues me, since I haven't used this group for
some time. How do weather reports from Brussels get to appear in
"UK".sci.weather?

Because it wouldn't be the same without them. Think "Letter From America"
only with the faint whiff of proper frites and decent chocolate.

Richard

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: "jbm" wrote in
: :
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: And something else intrigues me, since I haven't used this group for
: some time. How do weather reports from Brussels get to appear in
: "UK".sci.weather?

: Because it wouldn't be the same without them.

Thank you, Richard.

: Think "Letter From America"
: only with the faint whiff of proper frites and decent chocolate.

Not to mention salary and savings in euros ...

Colin Youngs
Brussels

"jbm" schreef in bericht
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: "Colin Youngs" wrote in message
: ...
: | I am trying - so far without success - to solve a formatting problem
: | that occurs when I send my daily summary posts via Outlook Express.

: This happened to a mate a few months ago. He had recently changed to
Windows
: Vista, and every r***y e-mail he sent me arrived here twice!
: This seems to be unique to Vista and Outlook Express, and somehow an
: identity can appear twice in it's registry, so any e-mail or post sent
: through OE gets duplicated and sent a second time. Check your identity and
: account settings in case it's happened to you. Haven't got Vista, so can't
: elaborate any further.

Each evening I type my daily summary posts concerning Brussels and the UK
into a Word document. I keep the standard headings and links permanently
in the Word document and fill in the appropriate comments and figures for
the day in question.

I copy and paste the text en bloc into an e-mail message box and post the
message to the News Group. If I do this via News.Individual.Net using
Outlook Express, the message - although it looks right when I send it -
somehow gets reformatted and appears in the News Group with the lines spaced
much too far apart.

Some formatting option in my Word document must be set wrongly but I cannot
trace what it is. Posts which I type directly into Outlook Express - like
this one - appear normal.

I am no particular fan of Google Groups but if I copy my text into a Google
message box and post it that way, the formatting stays as it should be.
That is why I send my Brussels and UK summaries via Google.

I still have Windows XP, not Vista, so that is not the cause of the problem.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

| : "Colin Youngs" wrote in message
| : ...
|
| Each evening I type my daily summary posts concerning Brussels and the UK
| into a Word document. I keep the standard headings and links permanently
| in the Word document and fill in the appropriate comments and figures for
| the day in question.
|
| I copy and paste the text en bloc into an e-mail message box and post the
| message to the News Group. If I do this via News.Individual.Net using
| Outlook Express, the message - although it looks right when I send it -
| somehow gets reformatted and appears in the News Group with the lines
spaced
| much too far apart.
|
| Some formatting option in my Word document must be set wrongly but I
cannot
| trace what it is. Posts which I type directly into Outlook Express -
like
| this one - appear normal.
|
| I am no particular fan of Google Groups but if I copy my text into a
Google
| message box and post it that way, the formatting stays as it should be.
| That is why I send my Brussels and UK summaries via Google.
|
| I still have Windows XP, not Vista, so that is not the cause of the
problem.
|
| Colin Youngs
| Brussels
|
|
It's not Word that causes the problem, it's Outlook Express. I've often
wondered how it sorts out it's line and CR spacing, but I've never found an
answer.

Just as an exercise, select any post from this group in OE, and then copy
and paste the whole message into Word. Then select the option to show all
the formatting marks from the Tools Options View menu. Now try to work
out where all the hidden Carriage Returns came from!!! That's why you get
posts double spaced using a paste option into Outlook Express. I didn't type
them, you didn't type them, so who did? And it also explains why some posts
that include the original message seem to be completely messed up regarding
line lengths. Another original bug from the Bill Gates comic show.

As to your duplicate posts, I've now no idea. Sorry.

Oops, sorry Colin, hit the wrong reply button earlier. Blame Gates
again.

jbm
Northampton

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: It's not Word that causes the problem, it's Outlook Express. I've often
: wondered how it sorts out it's line and CR spacing, but I've never found
an
: answer.
:
: Just as an exercise, select any post from this group in OE, and then copy
: and paste the whole message into Word. Then select the option to show all
: the formatting marks from the Tools Options View menu. Now try to work
: out where all the hidden Carriage Returns came from!!! That's why you get
: posts double spaced using a paste option into Outlook Express. I didn't
type
: them, you didn't type them, so who did? And it also explains why some
posts
: that include the original message seem to be completely messed up
regarding
: line lengths. Another original bug from the Bill Gates comic show.

Thanks for your advice. I'll try that tomorow when I have more time.

: As to your duplicate posts, I've now no idea. Sorry.

The duplicate posts were caused by myself as I made several (unsuccessful)
attempts) to solve the problem.

Colin Youngs
Brussels