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Re: Annoying 'full quotes'
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Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:20:36 GMT
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:05:52 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
wrote:

(Actually, the news server at BU where I work _does_ codify this: it won't
let you post an article with more quoting than new lines.....)

Which just leads to lusers everywhere adding blank lines to the end of
the message.

Trust me, I've seen FIDOnet Zone 2's decline.

Jasper



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(...) Yeah, I know, not a solution. But hopefully it does help educate some people who wouldn't have realized otherwise. (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)

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(...) David, I think Stefan is actually right here, and there _is_ a correct way. Netiquette isn't law, of course, and it's not set in stone somewhere, but correct quoting is a fairly standard and accepted rule. (Actually, the news server at BU (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)

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