Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
*- On 22 Jul, Wayne Topa wrote about "Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists"
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> Subject: Re: A Pet Peeve about posting on the lists
> Date: Fri, Jul 23, 1999 at 12:43:37AM +0000
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> In reply to:Lee Elliott
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> Quoting Lee Elliott(LeeE@spatial.freeserve.co.uk):
>> On 22-Jul-99, you wrote:
>>
>> >> An observation from this Newbie may be related:
>>
>> Sorry to have peeved you, I do this deliberately so that paragraphs format OK regardless of window size (I'm only able to check this on YAM & Outlook) - for me, reading:
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> Lee
> I notice that the YAM editor does some other odd things. See above
> the "On 22-Jul-99, you wrote:" Most mail programs show who the "you"
> was. I don't see that in your mail. See how mutt says who I am replying
> to. That along with the loong lines is different, to say the least.
>
> Well if YAM is all you have....
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In many mailers this attribution line is configurable. Perhaps Lee has
it set this way, although it is good netiquette[1] to identify who the
'you' is. Especially in a thread like this when there are nested quotes
from several posts.
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Brian
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[1] rfc 1855 'Netiquette Guidelines'
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2.1 User Guidelines
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2.1.1 For mail:
[...]
-If you are forwarding or re-posting a message you've received,
do not change the wording. If the message was a personal
message to you and you are re-posting to a group, you should ask
permission first. You may shorten the message and quote only
relevant parts, but be sure you give proper attribution.
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