Hello Danger!
On Saturday, August 23, 2003 at 11:02:55 PM you wrote:
> Yes I have.
One point that could always be snipped is the greeting line. Another
point is to think about what you want to say and what may actually be
of interest for your statement. You quoted nearly everything Alexey
wrote to tell him what your system/program wants from you.
I myself don't archive the messages from this list for more than two
days but nonetheless can look up something on the Net in the Archives.
With TB's threading facility you don't need to include everything that
had been said before as it is easily found.
Don't get me wrong, my question about trouting was just a friendly
reminder not a reprimand.
Just yesterday I found that lots of people on Usenet seem to have lost
any sense of what to snip and what to quote; you can actually get
messages of over a hundred lines with only three letters at the top
("ACK"). One guy actually asked for some RFC or web site detailing
what to quote and what not. My answer to that: Think about what you
want and what you need.
If you've for once snipped too much you can always revisit the topic
and quote more upon request.
PS: To complicate matters slightly, when you think about what to cut,
don't change the original meaning (in your favour, mostly). A
matter important if you are right in the middle of a flame war -
or you are using e-mail for scientific or legal matter.
--
Dierk Haasis
The Bat 2.0 Beta/3 on Windows XP 5.1 2600Service Pack 1
There *is* love at first sight.
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