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2003-10-21 01:28:27 AM
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Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) writes:
use it to attack my enemies, or to send spam. If you're on an always on
connection (hopefully using a cable modem or DSL line), I can use your
machine to host {*word*40} or pirated software and keep my identity secret.
You might also have patient billing information, which I could then sell
for a few quick bucks.
 

Follow up set to: borland.public.off-topic
Robert Love
 

Mike Swaim writes:
And no patient stuff on this one. The one that contains it is not online,
and not here.
--
Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)
"Few things are harder to put up with than a good example."
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
 

DRS writes:
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Kristofer
 

Kristofer Skaug <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
XXXX@XXXXX.COM
you should always cite its message-id.
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Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
 

DRS writes:
my newsreader handle it by pulling it out of the headers.
 

DRS writes:
thread. I know of a few rare exceptions to this (for my own part: maybe
one in 500 posts or so), and for these cases I agree it would be
corteous/correct to provide the message ID reference. However, even then,
unless you somehow modify the quote (e.g. for editorial or
debate-tactical reasons <eg>, editing the quote so much that it becomes
unrecognisable), it should generally be possible for the interested
reader to find the original post by searching on author name, newsgroup,
thread title and/or specific sentences in the text.
In the standard case (like here), where quotes are taken directly from
the previous message in the sequence, your own reply-message header
already contains this information so it *should be* redundant info to
include this in the body of the message.
--
Kristofer
 

Kristofer Skaug <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
3f9663c8$XXXX@XXXXX.COM
from long ago or whatever.
it's unnecessary and even a breach of netiquette.
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Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?
 

DRS writes:
Take a count.
100 out of 151 distinct posters (i.e. 2 out of 3) systematically or
occasionally delete the reference message ID out of their replies. I'd
venture to guess that a number of the 51 remaining just leave it in
because it is the Outlook Express hard coded behavior, and they're too
lazy to start rabid editing just to reduce the "noise".
Furthermore, all TeamB members and Borland representatives
systematically delete the reply-messageID.
So... if it were so useful, how come I never see anyone complain? Why
isn't it a mandatory directive of the official NG guidelines, for
example?
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Kristofer
 

Kristofer Skaug <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
3f96dca7$XXXX@XXXXX.COM
is so. Have you asked any of them?
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DRS writes:
out.
However, t{*word*220} the headers automatically saves a lot of manual work,
and TeamB people do a lot of posting, so they can very well use any
automation they can get their hands on. That *might* explain why they
all do this.
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Kristofer