RE: Newsgroup posting conventions, was: RE: VMS Software Product & Online

From: Main, Kerry (Kerry.Main@hp.com)
Date: 04/07/03 

From: "Main, Kerry" <Kerry.Main@hp.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:01:41 -0400

Simon,

I am certainly open to suggestions, but like a number of others on the
newsgroup, email is my preferred method of accessing the list (using
rules etc).

While this may change in the future, I am currently stuck with sending
"plain text" emails via my Outback client.

Regards

Kerry Main
Senior Consultant
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co.
Consulting & Integration Services
Voice: 613-592-4660
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-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Clubley
[mailto:clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP]
Sent: April 7, 2003 8:26 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Newsgroup posting conventions, was: RE: VMS Software Product &
Online

In article
<BE56C50EA024184DAF48F0B9A47F5CF403FB5BF1@kaoexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net>
, "Main, Kerry" <Kerry.Main@hp.com> writes:
> JF -
>
> You must have mixed up the posts as the person who said that was not
> me .

I believe that was exactly JF's point. The way that you respond to posts
means that when _your_ posts are responded to, it becomes very difficult
to follow who is saying what.

Not only are you posting at the top of the article, but much worse, you
are not using a quote character on the original text, instead including
it as is at the bottom of your response.

Can you seek advice from someone within HP and get access to a NNTP feed
?

Here's a _good natured_ prompt for you:

Andrew Harrison's software is capable of following newsgroup
conventions. Are you going to let him claim that he can do something
that you cannot ? :-)

>
> Perhaps the flow of quotes was mixed up by my MS Outback mail utility?
>

That's why you may want to switch to an NNTP feed, with appropriate
software, or see if Outlook can be configured to follow newsgroup
conventions.

Simon. 

-- 
Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP       
VMS advocate: One who makes a Mac advocate look like a beginner at
advocacy.

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