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[katyism.livejournal.com]

I know, I know, I shouldn't be asking for help here. I should be posting one of my stories instead.

Hopefully this'll be a quick one:

I started using Gmail's pop access to pop my mail into Outlook 2003. This includes LJ comments. The form that comes at the bottom of each comment, for replying, will not let me type spaces or backspaces. So I essentially can't reply from within the email client, and I have to click the link in the comment to go reply in a browser, which totally fucks up the convenience aspect. I would rather not go back to using Gmail in a browser, either, because I want all my email accounts to be in one client.

Anyone run into this? Why can't I type correctly in that form? Is it Outlook's fault?

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[jecook]

I wouldn't know- I don't use that feature. (in fact, I use a text only email client.)

I also have LJ configured to not send me HTML mail, which might be causing it. The HTML it is using may not play nicely with outlook's rendering engine tweaks.

(And outlok 2003 has too many "features" that I personally find annoying and big-brotherish.)

[bdinger.livejournal.com]

computerhelp

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

Easy man, we only flambe the noobs that aren't otherwise a part of the community.

I have the same problem also, and might not mind finding out your solution for it if it's discovered. Never really made me curious enough to research it though, since I'm checking it constantly anyway.

[bdinger.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, I wasn't flaming. :) I was just linking to that one, because most on LJ don't know about it.

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

OK - also was wanting keep a bandwagon from jumping onto that. I know how bad our roast to a crisp threads get :).

Simple yes, happy, maybe not

[kalidor.livejournal.com]

The reason you are not able to use spaces and whatnot, is because the space is the designated "single key reading" button for Outlook.
You can disable it in Tools--> Options--> Other --> Reading Pane

or do like I do, and I open all my LJ email. Once its in it's own window the reading pane rules aren't applied.

Neither is a true fix, but thats what there is.

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[kalidor.livejournal.com]

Ok kewl. I honeslty thought it was the bind to the reading pane .. I like the one touch so I just noticed that it would always scroll.

I wonder, if it's a hard bind. That checks box just removes the action, but not the bind?

Really they should make that user configurable.

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[kalidor.livejournal.com]

and no worries, what are friends and such for ? :)

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[katyism.livejournal.com]

i'm so addicted to the reading pane, i hate opening messages. but anyway single key reading was already disabled, so i'm not sure that's what was interfering. but now that i've opened the message i'm able to type this reply in the form.
thanks!


okay, now that i go to post this from an opened message, the browser's trying to load a temporary internet files page instead of lj.

fuck outlook.

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[kalidor.livejournal.com]

Using Firefox?
I recently started getting that temp page issue to when I pdated to 1.0.3. Didn't used to have it before.
I am wondering if its a redirection script getting blocked o.ox;

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[katyism.livejournal.com]

yep, i'm using firefox 1.0.3 as well.

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[valkyrwench.livejournal.com]

1.0.4 is out - security hole fixes.

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[kalidor.livejournal.com]

aye, but I am using it on my thumbrive atm. That leaves me with portible 1.0.3 untile the new portible comes out.

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[katyism.livejournal.com]

test

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[photosinensis.livejournal.com]

You might see if it's fixed in the latest version, 1.0.4.

Alternatively, try a mail client that doesn't suck. The bad news is, I've had some problems with Thunderbird and the same. Haven't tried it on Windows since version 0.9, though, as I haven't been using Windows for my e-mail in that time.

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[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

You can't reply to LJ from thunderbird because it's secure. It won't let you do a POST from a HTML e-mail.

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[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

Correction: It might not be that you can't do a HTTP POST, but I do know the POST from Thunderbird won't have your login cookie, so get a "Bad POST or username unknown"

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[bekscilla.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooh, thanks heaps! I just showed husband, so now he can use OE to reply to his lj comments :D

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[kalidor.livejournal.com]

Dunno about OE, dun use it. But I suppose it's probably similiar enough.

Good luck.
And no worries!

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[bekscilla.livejournal.com]

The tick box was definitely there - it says "single key reading with space bar", but that just made it make more sense :)

[shy-dramaqueen.livejournal.com]

Which browser do you use? I have trouble using that form in Outlook when I have Firefox as the default browser.