news link in OE6 won't work with x-usc: prefix
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From: Gene3 on 17 Sep 2009 04:36 You are obviously trying hard, but not finding it. It is there. It is induced by a Vista computer and Windows Mail when copying links for posting in email/news messages. I don't expect you or MS to find or fix it. They haven't done so for over 2 years since it first appeared. It's better for them to ignore it and hope it will go away. Still if you frequent the various news groups you'll find people complaining that they can't open certain links with their news clients. This is the reason. Invariably the person posting the bad link has Vista with Windows Mail. I don't know if it only happens with certain versions of Vista and/or Windows Mail. I could give you links to such messages posted on various news servers and newsgroups but believe that is considered taboo. I've seen prohibitions about doing so, and don't understand why. I suppose I could do it via a private email, if you care to let me know an email address for you that works. -- Max U Genius "N. Miller" <anonymous(a)msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message news:4AAF3925.9030301(a)msnews.aosake.net... > Gene3 wrote: >> The news link displays normally in OE6: >> news://newsserver/newsgroup >> Looking at its source code, that is exactly how it appears in the source >> code as well, no extra characters or prefix. However the link is dead >> when >> clicked, it goes nowhere. The reason is that apparently a x-usc: prefix >> appears out of the blue for unknown reasons, so when hovering the mouse >> over >> the link it appears in the OE6 status bar as follows: >> x-usc:news://newsserver/newsgroup >> Where does the mysterious x-usc: prefix come from, why, and how can it be >> fixed? > > One more time. Using Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 on Windows Vista; SP2. > Your link displays properly in the status bar. I can even copy it, thus: > > news://newsserver/newsgroup > > I am now three for three, unable to induce a client to show the 'x-usc:' > address type. > > -- > Norman > ~Oh Lord, why have you come > ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 17 Sep 2009 11:14 Gene3 wrote: > ...Still if you frequent the > various news groups you'll find people complaining that they can't open > certain links with their news clients. This is the reason.... That usually is NOT the case, Gene.
From: N. Miller on 17 Sep 2009 14:45 On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:36:56 -0500, Gene3 wrote: > You are obviously trying hard, but not finding it. It is there. It is > induced by a Vista computer and Windows Mail when copying links for posting > in email/news messages. I don't expect you or MS to find or fix it. The clue, here, is "Windows Mail". And you are right, Microsoft is never going to fix it. They stopped development on Windows Mail a couple of years ago; it is as dead as MS Outlook Express. > They haven't done so for over 2 years since it first appeared. It's better for > them to ignore it and hope it will go away. It isn't a matter of "hoping it will go away", it is a matter of having replaced Windows Mail (and MS Outlook Express) with a newer client: Windows Live Mail. If the bug isn't present in Windows Live Mail, then it has been addressed, and there is nothing more for Microsoft to do. > Still if you frequent the various news groups you'll find people complaining > that they can't open certain links with their news clients. This is the reason. > Invariably the person posting the bad link has Vista with Windows Mail. > I don't know if it only happens with certain versions of Vista and/or Windows Mail. There is no other combination than Vista and Windows Mail. You can't get Windows Mail on any other MS OS than Windows Vista. At this point, I am just wondering if the issue is related to posting to newsgroups in HTML. I never do. I never even considered the possibility that might be the problem until after I shut down the Vista computer. > I could give you links to such messages posted on various news servers and > newsgroups but believe that is considered taboo. I've seen prohibitions > about doing so, and don't understand why. I suppose I could do it via a > private email, if you care to let me know an email address for you that > works. It's right there, in my headers! ;) (Hint: "Reply To:" works.) -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
From: Gene3 on 18 Sep 2009 06:39 You have mail.
From: Gene3 on 18 Sep 2009 06:45
Typical block-headed MS ignorance & density... "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23zfmlo6NKHA.1280(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Gene3 wrote: >> ...Still if you frequent the >> various news groups you'll find people complaining that they can't open >> certain links with their news clients. This is the reason.... > > That usually is NOT the case, Gene. |