Re: A89: Re: How TI's keys work


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Re: A89: Re: How TI's keys work




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agreed. So long as the message is under 45k who the hell cares if you
quote everything they've said for the last 50 messages.

- -Serial

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bryan Rabeler <rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: A89: Re: How TI's keys work


> 
> I never send HTML e-mails.
> 
> Are we really that limited on bandwidth that we have to worry about
> saving a few hundred bytes in e-mail quoting?  Geesh.. :)
> 
> Bryan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Noveck" <noveck@pluto.njcc.com>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: Re: How TI's keys work
> 
> 
> >
> > >Well, if no one quotes the message in their replies, then how
> > >will anyone know what people are replying to?  Quoting is very
> > >helpful and useful. 
> >
> > Bryan, look at what you quoted (I left it below):
> >
> >     1 line of relevant text
> >
> > along with:
> >
> >
> >     5 lines of 'Original Message' header
> >     3 lines from previous quoting (unneccesary)
> >     1 line of "Bryan Rabeler wrote:"
> >     4 lines of netzero adds
> >     6 lines of signature
> > and 7 blank lines
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > *  26 unnecessary lines
> >
> > This leaves 3.70% of relevant info.  That's a waste, all right
> > (on a side note, most people would spell that as 'alright' --
> > which technically 
> doesn't
> > exist in English, it's slang). . .
> >
> > Even worse is when people send HTML emails:
> >
> > FOR THE LAST TIME, DO NOT SEND HTML FORMATTED EMAILS OR PROGRAMS
> > TO THE LIST - JUST PLAIN TEXT!  Majordomo cannot handle this
> > properly for the digest format.
> >
> >     -Scott
> >
> > >- ----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Scott Dial" <wrath@calc.org>
> > >To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > >Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 2:24 PM
> > >Subject: Re: A89: Re: How TI's keys work
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> No, he wants the mail, just not 30 copys of it in replies. 
> > >>
> > >> Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Sorry, but to put it bluntly:  This *is* a mailing list.  If
> > >> > you 
> don't
> > >want
> > >> > mail, unsubscribe. :)
> > >> --
> > >> Scott "_Wrath_" Dial
> > >> wrath@calc.org
> > >> ICQ#3608935
> > >> TimeCity AI Guy II - www.timecity.org
> > >> Member of TCPA - tcpa.calc.org
> > >> __________________________________________
> > >> NetZero - Defenders of the Free World
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> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 

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