Posted by CQ on 09/15/05 20:47

In article <waQVe.71100$3U1.1229984@weber.videotron.net>, NRen2k5
said...

> Seriously. Even an AOL user like yourself should know that it's bad netiquette to post to a forum or newsgroup and ask that replies be sent via email.

If you are going to make fun of AOL users (or any other user) you should
make certain that your message is properly threaded and replies to the
person you intend for the slight to be applied to, not the next person in
the thread.

I'm pretty sure Loco is not an AOL user, even though your message
appeared as a response to his post.

You might also consider looking for some sort of word wrap setting in
that software you are posting with that would make your messages format
correctly for usenet (try something around 70 or 72 chars). When you
post them with no wrap like you are doing and then other people quote
your message it won't properly appear with a quote mark at the beginning
of each line in everyone's newsreader. It can make a bit of a mess,
particularly if a person has their newsreader set up to show quoted text
in one size, color and/or font and new text in another.

http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting#4.2

HTH. HAND. ATKOS.
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CQ

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