"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
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Just a note, everyone -- try to be careful when you quote a post in your
reply (especially as to who said what) and set your newsreader so that it
"marks" the quoted text.

When I reply, if I don't get the before each line
I'm replying to, I add it in manually. Not everyone
will do that. ::shrug:: I don't know what the
solution is, I suppose some incompatibility of
mail servers is causing it. If there's a technical
fix, I'd like to know it (save me typing all those


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If you look closely at the post below, you will see that it can be hard to
tell who said what to whom -- and all it takes is a teeny difference of
opinion to start a flame war!

True, but this was a mild, informative exchange
and I don't see any reason for problems. Still,
I suppose the warning is worth it.

As for top vs. bottom posting, there are varying schools of thought about
that, but I almost always top post.

I know ngs that will flame you for even saying
that! Personally, I think it depends on what you're
replying to. I tend to bottom/mid post, because
that's what I "grew up" with and what most people
seem to prefer. But I certainly don't mind a top
post in many circumstances.

That way, it is clear what I am saying,
even though it can be an art to determine the post to which I am replying.
(I left the entire previous thread in here, because it demonstrates the
point of this particular post.)

Yep. And I deleted it to save bandwidth.
We should probably have switched the subject
header to OT, but there's so little traffic in
rgr these days, I figure why bother.

Hey, Anne, how are your roses doing?

Anne

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8