"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > quoting mechanism is available on the web interface and I haven't found > it - I'd love to know how to use it.
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14213 > Also i use the threaded view on > the web client, so I have little trouble figuring out what is being > referenced. I mark messages as read when I have read them, so without a context I have no idea what "Joh, I disagree" (for example) is about, especially since I don't just post one message a day. Also, due to how Usenet works, not everybody sees the messages in the same order as you do, or might even miss out a message or two (or several). Finally, since Google provides a search engine for Usenet, it might be perfectly possible that your reply without a quote is the first result in such a search. I always recommend to write your reply in such a way that when you print it, and read it 3 months later you're able to understand the message when you read it top down. > My comment about John being funny in fact was a generic comment, and > while the remainder of my response was on topic - it still was not in > response to 1 specific statement or another. Quoting previous comments > is useful, but not required to be in thread - IMHO. True, but if it's not a reply to the previous person, then you might want to start a new thread, or you're replying to the wrong person. -- John MexIT: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/ personal page: http://johnbokma.com/ Experienced programmer available: http://castleamber.com/ Happy Customers: http://castleamber.com/testimonials.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
