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Re: Re. unavailable to newsgroup browsers?!

Jack the Klipper wrote:
>
> The Pletchers wrote:
>
> > In respnse to Modem Boy, yes, it is annoying to get 211 postings, and just
> > about 75% of thiose are replies with no sensible response, or just trying to
> > be funny.
> >
> > And Jack. That's nice, why reply?
>
> It has something do with always having the last word in a conversation. (Sorry.
> I
> just had to reply)
>
> >
> >
> > At 02:24 PM 3/7/98 +0100, Jack the Klipper wrote:
> > >Modem Boy wrote:
> > >
> > >> The Pletchers wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Whoever owns this list shovld make it totally vnavailable to newsgrovp
> > >browsers
> > >>
> > >> Sorry, but I'd certainly prefer to read newsgroup postings on a news
> > >> server, I was gone a few days and came back to discover 211 new
> > >> messages, in this list. Sheesh! I wouldn't want all 211 in my mailbox. I
> > >> know these postings are annoying, so please, just don't reply to them.
> > >> some of you are adding to it by attempting to be comical.
> > >
> > >And some failed. Oh darn... I just.... replied ..too :-)
> > >I Could never imagine how "fun" it must be to have all these messages in
> your
> > >mailbox. If I see a message which not applies to me, I just mark it "read",
> and
> > >I'll
> > >never see it again.
> > >Jack TK
> > >
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>   JTK

The problem is not really the _number_ of letters, but rather the
quality. Some people simply don't know proper netiquette. Several people
on this list don't know the term "excessive quoting" well enough to
avoid it.[1]

HTH. HAND.

[1] Excessive quoting done for the sake of example.

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