Thanks, Andy. I didn't notice the vertical lines. That time, I was replying via the group's site where, until now, I never had a problem. Of course, here in Gmail, there are no vertical lines to be an issue.
*~Diane* On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Andy <ai.eg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Diane <depfah...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm on another computer now. Just wanted to say that what I had composed >> in reply to Marko's post is reflected in the first screen shot. So that >> inability to post wasn't a total failure. *Why couldn't I post?* >> > > I don't know if this is why, but I noticed that when you wrote your reply > text, it came within those vertical bars on the left that indicate it is > "quoted" text from someone else's post or message. > > Perhaps Google Groups saw that every line in your post was preceded by the > "quote" vertical line, and figured you had written no content of your own. > > The only thing that differentiates your text from what you replied to, was > that you wrote it in *bold. *It's generally a good idea (IMHO) to > separate your own text from the text you are replying to ... as I have done > here. There are no vertical lines to the left of what I wrote. When you > write your reply by tacking it directly onto the end of someone else's > paragraph, it's confusing. > > Anyway, you are asking about a Google Groups problem, not about Gmail. > > Andy > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gmail-users/wbrWZPyV6m0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
