PA Bear,

I have a lot of respect for MS MVP's since they've helped me over the years
tremendously.. I appreciate your reply..

I made the first post to Internet Explorer but after I posted it, decided
that it applied as much to Outlook Express so I did send it again as a
separate post.. sorry if that is improper..

I've always had problems with OE truncating my messages and have recommended
several times that Microsoft include a feature in OE that was in the early
browsers of Netcom in late 90's. They had a tab you could slide wherever you
wanted the text to wrap which made it really easy to do and resulted in a
much neater message.. I did check my settings in Tools/Options/Send/News
Sending Format/Plain Text and it is 78.. ??

I also tried to send the original post using the Mozilla Thunderbird Client
but it wouldn't accept it so I used OE..

The previous post accused me of being a Troll.. That is just a way of
ignoring the message and probably answered by a Microsoft employee who can't
stand criticism. I look at this newsgroup as well as other Microsoft
newsgroups and read posts covering every conceivable problem that you can
imagine with IE and OE and I just thought, until Microsoft gets their act
together (I was told the new IE will not be available until early or mid
2006 and that OE will not change at all ??? ) that many people would be wise
to consider other alternatives in the meantime..

It just makes me wonder why it has taken Microsoft so long to react to the
competition? For a number of years Microsoft and Netscape went head to head
to capture the browser market which resulted in a better program for
everyone. Then MS just let it sit without any effort to improve IE or OE..
Now they have some serious competition and anyone that comes up with an
answer to many people's problems is called a TROLL..

Thanks for your help.. and hope you have a Very Merry Christmas and a
Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year..

JR