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[Wesley Craig]

On 29 Aug 2008, at 10:13, Kenneth Marshall wrote:
> We tried many IDLE options here, but so many clients had poor IDLE
> support that we ended up turning it off. The number of help desk
> calls such as the one above dropped essentially to zero after the
> change.

I wonder if you have some practical experience to share, e.g., which  
clients & versions have poor IDLE support?

:wes