Can I draw your attention to
"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:14:39 GMT, "Alan Jones"
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"Paul Narramore" wrote in
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Hello
This is my first post here but already I'm a bit puzzled. The note at
the top of the page states the post I'm about to reply to will be
quoted below. Why? Other message boards I write on simply lists the
posts as it is always obvious what the writer is referring to.
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This isn't a message board, of course; newsgroups may have different
protocols from what you are accustomed to. When you type your reply, you
can
always snip any irrelevant parts of the quoted material, as I have just
done.
Actually it isn't "always obvious what the writer is referring to",
since
the newsgroup messages are listed in a random order. Even if you are
able to
set your newsreader to show messages by subject, your reply post may
refer
to a previous message a long way down the stack, and threads often
wander a
long way from the initial point. It's easier for readers if the context
is
immediately apparent and doesn't need to be hunted down.
By default I see messages, threaded by subject and in chronological
order.
*So ****ing what!*
Oh dear, another:-
!PLONK!
!PLINK!
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