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From: Anton Sherwood <bronto@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.uncle-davey
Subject: Re: Some script for your analysis
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:14:23 -0700
Organization: That would be telling.
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> Uzytkownik "Anton Sherwood" <bronto@pobox.com> napisal
>> Speaking of netiquette, would it kill either of you to trim quoted
>> matter? The purpose of quotation in news or mail is to provide
>> *enough* context, not *as much as possible*.
Piorokrat wrote:
> Okay, okay, as a general point I can agree, but specifically I don't
> know what you're referring to because you've snipped all the earlier
> content.
Because my gripe isn't about the content, it's about asking me to scroll
past a hundred lines that nobody is going to read. Few threads benefit
from preserving four layers of quotation, let alone nine.
> Cool header edit, BTW, you've kept Uncle Davey on his toes.
>
> What mail client are you using? Agent?
Mozilla.
> Uncle Davey, I can't do that sexy stuff in OE.
Of course not. Microsoft protects you from trying anything unorthodox.
--
Anton "thank heaven there's no Outlook for Linux" Sherwood
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