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Message no. 1
From: jan christian albiez <un22@**.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE>
Subject: Replying (Flame !)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 18:21:44 MESZ
Sorry , but I have to do some flaming !
Could you please shorten the entire message while quoting !
I think its horrible if you have to read Messages 300 lines long, which
are 90% containig stuff you are reading the second, third ... time.
You are tending to miss the point of such a message !!

Sorry if I hurt somebody :-)

Jan
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Jan Christian Albiez | un22@**.uni-karlsruhe.de | "Alles was schiefgehen
Eisenlohrstr. 26 | S_Albiez@*****.ira.uka.de | kann, geht irgendwann
76135 Karlsruhe | | auch schief" (Murphy)
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Message no. 2
From: Jeff Norrell <norrell@*******.ME.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Replying (Flame !)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 12:14:15 +0600
Then don't read the messages. It truly _is_ that simple. I delete the longer
messages. No sweat.
Message no. 3
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject: Re: Replying (Flame !)
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 02:29:04 -0400
On Thu, 1 Sep 1994, Jeff Norrell wrote:

> Then don't read the messages. It truly _is_ that simple. I delete the longer
> messages. No sweat.
>
Proper "netiquette" dictates that you only quote the portions of
a message to which you are responding...if everybody followed it, the
conversations would be much more useful.
But since not everybody does, I usually do the same as Jeff says
above. 'Tis a shame, 'cause I'm sure I miss some good stuff...but when
there's a screen and a half of quotes, I very rarely bother to read the
rest.

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