*- On 22 Jul, Wayne Topa wrote about "Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists" > > Subject: Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists > Date: Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 12:43:37AM +0000 > > In reply to:Lee Elliott > > Quoting Lee Elliott([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> On 22-Jul-99, you wrote: >> >> >> An observation from this Newbie may be related: >> >> Sorry to have peeved you, I do this deliberately so that paragraphs format >> OK regardless of window size (I'm only able to check this on YAM & Outlook) >> - for me, reading: >> > Lee > I notice that the YAM editor does some other odd things. See above > the "On 22-Jul-99, you wrote:" Most mail programs show who the "you" > was. I don't see that in your mail. See how mutt says who I am replying > to. That along with the loong lines is different, to say the least. > > Well if YAM is all you have.... >
In many mailers this attribution line is configurable. Perhaps Lee has it set this way, although it is good netiquette[1] to identify who the 'you' is. Especially in a thread like this when there are nested quotes from several posts. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis --------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] rfc 1855 'Netiquette Guidelines' [...] 2.1 User Guidelines [...] 2.1.1 For mail: [...] -If you are forwarding or re-posting a message you've received, do not change the wording. If the message was a personal message to you and you are re-posting to a group, you should ask permission first. You may shorten the message and quote only relevant parts, but be sure you give proper attribution. [...]