From:	"Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	ADMIN: Formatting (Please Read)
Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:45:38 -0500

Alright, I am about to rant a bit. Please do not take this as a flame
aimed at any person in particular.

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PLEASE!

Pay attention to how you are formatting your postings. There is a fairly
established convention that is expected to be followed. The reason for
this is so that the knuckle-dragging monkey that we have editing the
postings doesn't lose what is left of his mind. It also makes it easier
for everyone to deal with.

Particularily, I want to address the following type of posting:

>>>>>[Blah blah blah blah.....
djskaldjkslajdksaljdsakj
jkhdsfjhdsjkhfdsjkhsfd
jdskhfjksdhfjkdshjkfdsh.]<<<<<
-- Gunga da Ape <>


What is wrong with that, you ask? The tabs at the beginnign of each line
is the problem. Each line should start flush left. The tabs can mess up
many people's readers and I've received a couple of complaints about them.

Second. Double space (CR x2) after each paragraph and between entried.

Third. All of this "Encrypt on" and off stuff becomes cumbersome to read.
If the networks of 2054 don't have some kind of background encryption,
then it wouldn't be a very good place to live in. Please, lay off.

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I apologize for my tone, I really do. It is just that it gets tiring to
have to fix all of these kinds of editing errors.

Thanks for your time everyone. Now back to the soap opera of Shadowtk.

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