On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 19:00:12 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Sam,
> If you quoted the ad with the "lines" around it just like it came in the
> original e-mail, the software most likely recognized it as an ad that
> was in the wrong place and removed it.
Yes, that is how I quoted it. BTW, the "lines" above and beneath the ad
contained a couple of tildes in addition to the normal dashes. Maybe the
tildes located at certain positions in the lines signalled the presence of
what the software thought was a misplaced ad. If I should replace the
tildes with dashes, then the ad might fly. Later I'll try that as a test.
Your suggestion given in the second paragraph of your message also ought to
work. We'll see.
Have a Happy New Year, folks
Sam Heywood
> I know, software that can correct "mistakes" is a bit unbelievable, but
> that makes sense. As a further test, remove the "borders" from an ad of
> your choice and insert it in pure text format only within a message ...
> and see if it shows up on the list then. I'd wager it will.
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2000 12:03:35 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> Hello Arachnids:
>> I just sent a reply to my family mailing list @egroups.com in which
>> I quoted from and commented about an ad received on the list.
>> (egroups.com provides a free mailing list service for anyone who wants
>> to set up a mailing list. egroups.com will automatically append a single
>> three-liner text ad to any message posted. That is how they make their
>> money. There is no obligation for the list members to respond to any ads.
>> egroups.com never sends spam messages but they always append a very short
>> text ad to any message that a member posts to the list. All list members
>> have voluntarily opted in by invitation by me, the moderator, and they may
>> easily unsubscribe.)
>> For some strange reason, the ad that I quoted within the body of my
>> message text was excluded from the posting that appeared on the list.
>> As a test I found that I could send the same message in its entirety
>> to two of my own private email addresses.
>> I do not understand how egroups.com was able to "censor" my quoting
>> of their own ad, nor do I understand why they would even want to have
>> a re-transmission of one of their own ads censored. My comment about
>> the ad was not unfavorable.
>> Does anyone have any ideas as to how and why they censored part of my
>> message?
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