On 21 Sep 2000 03:14:43 -0400, Warp wrote:
>Mick Hazelgrove <mic### [at] mhazelgrovefsnetcouk> wrote:
>:                       file://Left side
>
>  Using outlook perhaps?
>  I have always wondered, what's the idea behind this. I can't imagine ANY
>useful use of this property. If it put "http:" before the "//" then it might
>make a little bit more sense (it would still be horrible, but at least there
>would be an idea behind it), but "file:" doesn't make any sense to me.

It's because they see "//" and think you're saying something like
//SERVER/documents/memo.doc.  That is, that you're sending an email to someone
within your organization who has the same shares you do.

In other words, since nobody at Microsoft ever emails anyone from the 
outside world they think it's the same for everyone.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
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Proudly not helping RIAA and SDMI steal my rights -- 
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