Re: Newsgroup netiquette?

From: Liz (lizhug1_at_mycomcast.net)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:42:39 -0500

"VickieHerndonCMT" <vickieboinkherndon@comcast.nospamnet> wrote in message
news:FK2dnc7jnf4tIqLfRVn-uw@comcast.com...
>
> "LizzieB." <blahblah@blahblahblah.com> wrote in message > No. People are
> supposed to SNIP all but what they're directly
>> responding to.
>>
>
> Well I guess some respond to a whole long post of pages and pages or so it
> seems. I hate that!
Me too. If I can't see at least the beginning of the last message posted I
usually skip it altogether. These old hands have to be saved for
transcribing so I'm not wasting them on unnecessary scrolling.

Liz

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