> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 3:58 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Pleas quote the text you reply to (Was: Automatic Job Ended > Email (detail information)) > > On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 13:13:46 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >>> > >>> In the case of this reply, I have no idea what the interesting idea was. > >>> Please quote the text you are referring to. > > > >Also, trim stale text, LISTSERV footers and legal disclaimers. > >*But* leave enough header information (Date: and From:) as citation so > >the reader can refer to the full text of the cited article in the > >Archives. > > > >(Shmuel will pay no attention.) > > > In response to an off-list admonition, I'll stand somewhat corrected. > From a small sample of the archives, Shmuel generally leaves an attribution. > Sometimes I think he over-trims, leaving only a single, fairly generic > sentence, > and replying with only "No," where more context and a citation of the > rebutting document would be appropriate.
Except, and pardon my ignorance, I have never been able to follow his attribution link to anywhere useful. > > But, thanks, Shmuel, for not leaving a cascade of LISTSERV footers. > > Thanks and apologies, > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
