[ale] hotmail on Linux

[Dow Hurst]

Mozilla and Konqueror will both pretend to be IE if you set it up in 
preferences.  Don't know about Firefox.
Dow


Tom & JaVonn wrote:
> Vernard:
> 
> Well, I see her Mepis uses:
> 
> Mozilla 1.5
> Konqueror 3.1.3
> 
> so I see little room for upgrade.  I'll try other browsers just out of curiosity.
> 
> Is it possible for Mozilla / Firefox to identify themselves as IE (the way Opera does) ???
> 
> Tom
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 04 Jun 2004 13:21:44 -0400
> Vernard Martin <vernard at cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Tom & JaVonn wrote:
>>
>>>Having replaced unbootable WinME with Linux on someone's laptop, she's quite happy EXCEPT:
>>>
>>>  when using hotmail, everything looks fine until REPLYING or FORWARDING, when the HTML markup is displayed as text, and the receiver sees it all ( like, every line from the original begins with &gt. )
>>>
>>>Searching google and slashdot showed plenty of complaints about hotmail, but I found no solution to this.
>>
>>Obviously, it is the web browser she is using. I would recommend trying 
>>a few others to see if they work. Konqueror from KDE, Galeon from GNOME, 
>>Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.8 and Opera. One of those is bound to work correctly.
>>
>>I personally just would probably ditch hotmail but I'm sure that isn't a 
>>reasonable solution :)
>>
>>Vernard
>>_______________________________________________
>>Ale mailing list
>>Ale at ale.org
>>http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> 

-- 
__________________________________________________________
Dow Hurst                  Office: 770-499-3428            *
Systems Support Specialist    Fax: 770-423-6744            *
1000 Chastain Rd. Bldg. 12                                 *
Chemistry Department SC428  Email:   dhurst at kennesaw.edu   *
Kennesaw State University         Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com *
Kennesaw, GA 30144                                         *
************************************************************
This message (including any attachments) contains          *
confidential information intended for a specific individual*
and purpose, and is protected by law.  If you are not the  *
intended recipient, you should delete this message and are *
hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution *
of this message, or the taking of any action based on it,  *
is strictly prohibited.                                    *
************************************************************