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Sucky software and blockquoting on Usenet (was: ...hillbilly)

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From: JeffM
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:23
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Tom Biasi wrote:
>>Are you saying that I didn't quote properly?
>>
>Aardvark wrote:
>Yes, he was, and you've just failed to quote properly again.
>
Tom has NEVER quoted properly.
He choses to use 4th-rate software
and doesn't manually compensate for that crap.

>OK Please tell me what is happening so that I can fix it.
>have been having a few problems lately.
>
See "NEVER", above.

A **proper** newsreader does it all for you automatically.

There *used* to be a tweak for M$'s old sucky software.
http://google.com/search?q=inurl:jain+%22.OE.doesn't.exactly.feature.the.most.intelligent.quoting.algorithm%22
I don't think that works on M$'s latest sucky software.

_You_ have to do it _manually_.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:I4NVjCO2JKIJ:www.torrens.org.uk/SitePhil/Netiquette.html+*-*-*-*-inferior+published+proper+do.not.properly.mark.quoted.text+top.post+Micro.oft.programs+QUILA+Outlook.Express+official+do-not-*-use-Micro.oft-programs+average+Netiquette+Richard.Torrens+dry+top.posting&strip=1#quila
http://www.torrens.org.uk/SitePhil/Netiquette.html#quila
http://tinyurl.com/CompensatingForCrappySoftwar
(no trailing "e")

--or just stop using that stupid crap and get a **proper** newsreader.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Usenet_newsreaders
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From: JeffM <jeffm_@email.com>
Newsgroups: alt.pets.cats,24hoursupport.helpdesk,sci.electronics.basics
Subject: Sucky software and blockquoting on Usenet (was: ...hillbilly)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:23:23 -0700 (PDT)
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