On 29 Sep 2002 at 18:09, Philip Aker wrote: > On Sunday, Sep 29, 2002, at 17:10 US/Pacific, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 29 Sep 2002 at 10:53, Andrew Stiller wrote: > > >> :D Fento0n: > > [...] > > >>> And on another note, why do you always use non-standard quotation > >>> style? Is it because you're using an email program that doesn't > >>> support the normal standard quotation style? > > >> I don't. Maybe your e-mail program doesn't parse my messages > >> properly :-> > > > The customary method is to attribute the quotation at the top, rather > > than including the signature at the end to indicate who wrote it. I > > see that you've done it (with, I hope, a typo, rather than some kind > > of childish commentary intended) in this message. > > I rarely agree with David but in this case he is making a reasonable > request. For example, it's not good etiquette to take a potshot at > someone's remarks and not have enough guts to attribute the quoted > material as the offender in this case often does. Furthermore, if one > was to analyze the delinquent email over a long period of time, it's > possible to notice that consistently, some people are attributed > correctly and others not. I for one would welcome a switch to a less > discriminatory style of posting.
Well, to be perfectly fair, Andrew always attributes his quotations, just in a non-standard manner. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
