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PVR - 28 Jul 2007 18:48 GMT

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.

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Ayush - 28 Jul 2007 19:39 GMT

[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?

If the dialog is standard alert dialog then just focus it and press Ctrl+C .

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Stan Brown - 28 Jul 2007 21:47 GMT

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:48:01 -0400 from PVR <peterv666@.adelphia.com>:

> I am having some problems with Outlook Express. I want to write to
> a newsgroup describing my problems. This will require copying the
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> Is it possible to copy items in a message box to the clipboard? If
> so, how is this done?

Do you mean, as an image? Yes, press Alt-PrintScreen.

But you can't post images to the newsgroup.

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Ghostrider - 29 Jul 2007 12:07 GMT

> Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:48:01 -0400 from PVR <peterv666@.adelphia.com>:
>
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>
> But you can't post images to the newsgroup.

Yes, one can post images to newsgroups but it is not considered good
netiquette.

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Ken Blake, MVP - 29 Jul 2007 16:53 GMT

> > Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:48:01 -0400 from PVR <peterv666@.adelphia.com>:
> >
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> Yes, one can post images to newsgroups but it is not considered good
> netiquette.

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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Stan Brown - 29 Jul 2007 20:12 GMT

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:17 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP
<kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain>:

> As far as I'm concerned, there are two reasons why it's not
> appropriate to include images, or any other attachments, in
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> be, and *could* carry malware, most newsgroup participants won't open
> the attachments anyway.

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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Ken Blake, MVP - 29 Jul 2007 20:23 GMT

> Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:17 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP
> <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain>:
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> This was the background of my "can't", which I agree was an
> oversimplification.

Yes, good point! Thanks for the addition; I had forgotten about that.

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glee - 30 Jul 2007 02:27 GMT

>> Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:53:17 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP
>> <kblake@this.is.am.invalid.domain>:
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> Yes, good point! Thanks for the addition; I had forgotten about that.

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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