On 11:01 AM 7/15/97 -0400, Nicola Gebendinger wrote:
>From: James Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Requests, Mars Fiction, MIB
>
> (My own post snipped)
>
>> Thank you Nicola. I think it is time we stop quibbling over
>> semantics. We�re going to turn into a bunch of academic
>> snobs. (Read Harlan Ellison�s well-written essay on the
>> Rancho Santa Fe Cultists, which is in essence an attack on
>> what he deems �sci-fi� available on his Ellison Webderland
>> homepage.)
>
> As long as we know it, I guess there�s no harm done, though. It�s not
>politics, after all! Just plain fun...
>
> A technical detail, James, please. Set your email software so that it
>marks the original post from your reply. The usual symbol for the original
>message is �>� at the beginning of each line... And, please also snip what
>you�re NOT answering to. It will make everything easier to read for
>everybody, and there�s less bandwith waste...
> Unless it *is* a definitely prehistoric email software... :)
Sorry to disappoint you, Nicola, but even the *latest* versions of both
msmail and cc:mail (used predominantly by us industry and companies) do not
have internet style quoting, and they quote the whole message (optionally
indented) right below your reply.
Sad, ain't it?
--Cenk
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