jkh001@[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Brian, when you paste this way, all the formatting is lost, so there's >no way to tell who is speaking. (I know because I've read the >original, but presumably most people here have not.) If you want it to >be comprehensible, you really have to go through it and indicate >breaks and speakers before publi****ng it. Posting hints Here are some references for those who are interested in improving the quality of their posts to newsgroups: -------------------------------------------------------- How do I quote correctly in usenet? http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html Quoting Style in Newsgroup Postings http://www.xs4all.nl/%7ewijnands/nnq/nquote.html How do I quote correctly in Usenet? - Quoting and Answering http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html Common Mistakes in Usenet Postings and How to Avoid Them http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/mail-news-errors.html Quoting and Answering http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/ How should I react to crackpot messages? http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/crackpot.html How should I react to abusive postings or email? http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/abusive.html How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html The power of negative thinking: how to excel without doing anything http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/dont.html Netiquette: "When thou enter a city, abide by its customs." http://www.montebello.k12.ca.us/Resources/Roadmap/map07.html Zen and the art of the internet (usenet section) http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html Why you shouldn't ask for E-mail responses on Usenet http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/mail-responses.html The Word Made Flesh http://www.hoboes.com/html/NetLife/Joy/TheWordMadeFlesh.html Why bottom-posting is better than top-posting http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html +What do you mean "my reply is upside-down"? http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/quote.html Put an end to Outlook Express's messy quotes with this automated fix! http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ For the Engineer/Programmer: News related RFCs and Drafts http://www.tin.org/docs.html From (spit!) microsoft: "When including text from a previous message in the thread, trim it down to include only text pertinent to your response. Your response should appear below the quoted information."
