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I am having some problems with Outlook Express. I want to write to a
newsgroup describing my problems. This will require copying the contents of
the Error Message(s) to my post. This manual process could produce errors.

Is it possible to copy items in a message box to the clipboard? If so, how
is this done?


Peter.
 
[PVR] wrote-:
I am having some problems with Outlook Express. I want to write to a
newsgroup describing my problems. This will require copying the contents of
the Error Message(s) to my post. This manual process could produce errors.

Is it possible to copy items in a message box to the clipboard? If so, how
is this done?
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If the dialog is standard alert dialog then just focus it and press Ctrl+C .
 
Sat said:
I am having some problems with Outlook Express. I want to write to
a newsgroup describing my problems. This will require copying the
contents of the Error Message(s) to my post. This manual process
could produce errors.

Is it possible to copy items in a message box to the clipboard? If
so, how is this done?
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Do you mean, as an image? Yes, press Alt-PrintScreen.

But you can't post images to the newsgroup.
 
Stan said:
Do you mean, as an image? Yes, press Alt-PrintScreen.

But you can't post images to the newsgroup.
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Yes, one can post images to newsgroups but it is not considered good
netiquette.
 
Yes, one can post images to newsgroups but it is not considered good
netiquette.
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As far as I'm concerned, there are two reasons why it's not
appropriate to include images, or any other attachments, in
(non-binary) newsgroups:

1. They typically are large, and especially for those people without a
high-speed connection, or for those people in parts of the world where
they have to pay for each byte downloaded, it's an imposition.

2. Because of the risk that a file is not always what it purports to
be, and *could* carry malware, most newsgroup participants won't open
the attachments anyway.
 
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:17 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP
As far as I'm concerned, there are two reasons why it's not
appropriate to include images, or any other attachments, in
(non-binary) newsgroups:

1. They typically are large, and especially for those people without a
high-speed connection, or for those people in parts of the world where
they have to pay for each byte downloaded, it's an imposition.

2. Because of the risk that a file is not always what it purports to
be, and *could* carry malware, most newsgroup participants won't open
the attachments anyway.
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And the third reason, which is a biggie:

3. Some news servers, including I think Supernews, will refuse to
store or transmit an article posted to a non-binary newsgroup if it
has an attachment. So a person who puts an attachment on an article
may drastically reduce the audience for even the text portion of the
article.

This was the background of my "can't", which I agree was an
oversimplification.
 
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:17 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP


And the third reason, which is a biggie:

3. Some news servers, including I think Supernews, will refuse to
store or transmit an article posted to a non-binary newsgroup if it
has an attachment. So a person who puts an attachment on an article
may drastically reduce the audience for even the text portion of the
article.

This was the background of my "can't", which I agree was an
oversimplification.
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Yes, good point! Thanks for the addition; I had forgotten about that.
 
Ken Blake said:
Yes, good point! Thanks for the addition; I had forgotten about that.
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Not only that, but while you can attach to a post through a newsreader client, if
you are using the MS web forum interface, the attachment will be stripped out of the
posting before the post appears, at least that's the way it was the last time I
ventured into the (ugh) web interface.
 
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