Re: Ancient Irish Pipes?

From: Eric Stevens (eric.stevens_at_sum.co.nz)
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:40:34 +1300

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:29:41 -0600, Tom McDonald
<tmcdonald2672@nohormelcharter.net> wrote:

>NeilJackman@gmail.com wrote:
>> Tedd;
>> Sorry there, Im a total newby to this group malarky, not sure how to
>> snip (or not), Ive just been going to the reply option at the bottom.
>> Any pointers would be gratefully recieved, Im not the best with
>> computers. Sorry!
>>
>
>Neil,
>
> Using Google Groups, you would cut and paste the part of the
>previous post(s) that you want to reply to. When doing this,
>please do the following:
>
> Maintain the attributions for the post(s) you are pasting. For
>instance, I am replying to your post, and have retained
>"NeilJackman@gmail.com wrote:" By doing this, folks can keep
>track of who said what.
>
> Mark your snips. I like to use <snip> whenever I cut
>something. Others use other conventions, like [...] or similar.
> If you don't mark your snips, you open yourself to the
>suspicion that you've sneakily deleted something because doing
>so improves your argument.
>
> You may want to consider using something other than Google
>Groups for posting to Usenet, if for no other reason than that
>the cut-and-paste thing is a pain. Outlook Express, Netscape,
>Mozilla, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc., can access Usenet through
>their e-mail clients. There are also dedicated newsreaders that
>have various amounts of bells and whistles to make newsgroup
>participation slicker--but they take learning, and the Outlook
>Express, et al., options tend to be easier to use because they
>treat usenet very much like email.

With the result that new users also treat news groups very like email.
Hence the arguments about top posting.

See http://www.forteinc.com what I think is still the best of the
dedicated news readers. Try (Free) Agent.
>
> I see you use G-Mail, so you may not have experience with
>anything but browser-based posting. You may want to try one or
>more of my suggestions; or you may wish to stay with Google Groups.
>
> BTW, is G-Mail available now? I'd like to try it, but haven't
>heard that it is freely available yet.

Eric Stevens