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Subject: 
Quoted/non-quoted ratio
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Date: 
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 03:24:00 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:

PS: nuther random suggestion for todd -- the news server at bu is set up so
that it will only accept posts with more new content than quoted stuff.
seems like a good idea.

How does it calculate the sizes of the two halves?  Lines?  Bytes?
Non-whitespace characters?

In practice, does it encourage things like large signature files and
fluff-filling to get around the rule?

How does it identify quoted stuff?  Does it correctly handle >, |, +, and :
in all cases?  (Not everyone uses >, unfortunately.)

--Todd


p.s.  How would you feel if the newsserver rejected posts such as these?--

   http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:762
   http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:736
   http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:647



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Quoted/non-quoted ratio
 
(...) Lines, I think. I'm not sure exactly of the details -- I'll ask one of the news people here and get back to you. (...) The point really is just to stop those posts which are 90% quoting.... I hate that. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Quoted/non-quoted ratio
 
Also sprach Todd Lehman: : How does it identify quoted stuff? Does it correctly handle >, |, +, and : : in all cases? (Not everyone uses >, unfortunately.) Good point. But '>' is not entirely standard. tin is about as venerable a newsreader as you (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Informal CFD: robotics competition newsgroup(s)
 
(...) Is that one rule difference enough to make it a seperate group? I don't think so. PS: nuther random suggestion for todd -- the news server at bu is set up so that it will only accept posts with more new content than quoted stuff. seems like a (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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