Re: Ancient Irish Pipes?

NeilJackman_at_gmail.com
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: 14 Dec 2004 05:42:15 -0800

Martyn Harrison wrote:
> Apparently on date 13 Dec 2004 15:28:58 -0800,
"NeilJackman@gmail.com"
> <NeilJackman@gmail.com> said:
>
> >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.
>
> Hi Neil, a newsgroup is a sort of bulletin board where people can
post
> messages, Google merely has a web-based interface into Usenet that
isn't
> helping you post "correctly". Usenet is global and various
organisations try to
> look like usenet (often, like Google, they import messages from
usenet as a
> whole.)
>
> It would be a lot easier to use a dedicated newsreader, e.g. Free
Agent from
> www.forteinc.com and to post through your ISP's news server (I'm
guessing
> news.gmail.com would be it but check on their home page.)
>
> Netiquette, etc, looks like this:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~frites/repl.htm
>
> The essential thing is to quote something to give context for what
you are
> replying to. As a silly example, were you to say "I agree", since
this message
> will arrive out of order on non-threaded news servers many people
seeing the
> reply will see it after some random statement by another poster, and
might
> imagine you agree with that. (It may look ok to you on Google, but
that's not
> how it looks for everyone else, for a variety of reasons.)
>
> An example of a quote is at the start of this message (and on most of
the
> messages in the group), this is added automatically on my newsreader
but in
> Google you might have to copy, paste, insert ">" and so on to get it
to look
> right, which would be time consuming to say the least.
>
>
> http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/sa/SAIRC/1997/50.html

Aha! I think Ive cracked it, (hopefully), thanks a million for all the
various tips and instructions, if this looks right (or not) please let
me know. I assumed that everyone could see the same thing as I do (the
google thing) not taking into account what a huge thing the internet
is.
Once again apologies for the errors and with a bit of luck I'll be able
to rant away (in context no less)!
Thanks everyone
Neil

Ps I dont think GMail is that widely available yet, I was 'invited' on
it by a friend whos a real computer head. I think he said I cant invite
anyone till Ive used it for a certain amount of time, I'll ask him next
time I see him and suss out the craic for you.

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