From: tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Tom Wheeley)
Subject: Re: GRX2.0 problems, revisited
Message-ID: <843866242snz@tsys.demon.co.uk>
References: <199609262242 DOT RAA15411 AT ghgcorp DOT ghgcorp DOT com> <52gbtm$s4_008 AT gn5 DOT noord DOT bART DOT nl> <52gpgt$bgq AT butch DOT lmsc DOT lockheed DOT com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 23:17:22 GMT
Organization: Adventures and Diving
Reply-To: tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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On Friday, in article <52gpgt$bgq AT butch DOT lmsc DOT lockheed DOT com>
     chuck AT no DOT junk DOT mail DOT com "Chuck Adams" wrote:

> In article <52gbtm$s4_008 AT gn5 DOT noord DOT bART DOT nl>, deleveld AT noord DOT bart DOT nl (Douglas
>  Eleveld) wrote:
> >Sorry about the hue snip, but my news reader doesn't seem to want me to follow
> > up an long something with a short answer,,
> 
> This is known as the "good netkeeping seal of approval".  You can override it, 
> but you shouldn't.  What it means is that it considers a too-high ratio of 
> quoted text to original material to be unacceptable.  In these days of 
> threaded newsreaders, it's rarely necessary to quote one's entire message.

Yes, but this is a bad way of doing it, as it encourages people to either
snip too much or pad their response.  Read `son-of-rfc1036' for details.

(f-u set to poster)

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