Huh? What are you talking about? This IS a list and not SPAM. As a matter
of fact I haven't seen "any" SPAM on this list and I"ve been getting mail
from here for the past month. My hat goes off the owner of this list for
his ability to filter so well.
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Mark
I love my Linux Box...
REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym.
Registered Linux user # 182496
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, walt wrote:
> is this a linux list or what?????..stop the crap, it is spam
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of John Glasscock
> > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 9:44 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] Reply text goes ON TOP
> >
> >
> > Fran Parker wrote:
> > >
> > It is counterproductive to put new reply text below the original. The
> > original is there to give reference to the new comments and the
> > discussion. Bambi is correct in the realization that you put the
> > important stuff first. That's why footnotes are at the bottom of a
> > page, not the top.
> >
> > However, if you are commenting on several points in an email or
> > discussion list, it is common and useful to set your new text below the
> > original, again because of the context.
> >
> > Be logical. Sometimes directions are wrong or out-of-date.
> >
> >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Jul 15, 2000 at 08:03:23AM -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> > > > And while we are at the netiquette: The netiquette also states that
> > > > replies should be *BELOW* the text that you quote, and that in a reply
> > > > you should only qoute the absolutely neccessary parts of the message,
> > > > and not the whole message!
> > >
> > >
> > > Gosh, I wondered about that...I always put
> > > my comments at the beginning...my thinking
> > > was that it makes it easier to view the
> > > responses on an existing thread. I didn't
> > > realize it should go at the end. Guess I
> > > will need to change how I respond.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the tip.
> > >
> > > Bambi
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
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