O come on! where's your sense of Humor? Ya just gotta unplug once in a
while and let your hair down!
--
Mark
I love my Linux Box...
REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym.
Registered Linux user # 182496
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
> Absolutely. I'm totally sick of reading this
> arguement. Please take it elsewhere people. Lets
> talk about linux not email.
>
>
> Dacia
> --- walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 out-of-date.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
> > >
> > > --
> > > John Glasscock
> > > Administrator & Programmer
> > > EtherDog MultiMedia
> > > 3821 N Sugar Lane
> > > Bloomington, IN 47404
> > > tel:+1.812.876.5233
> > > fax:+1.508.256.2413
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > Registered Linux User# 183536
> > > on Registered Linux Box# 81201
> > >
> > > "Save the world, eschew Microsoft."
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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