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Re: Editors & .sigs (was: ADDGROUP with 'real' names)

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From: Rob Coles
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 00:00
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In article <818773713snz@wash.demon.co.uk>
           john@wash.demon.co.uk "John Washington" writes:

JW>The story so far...
JW>
JW>1. JW posts some code.
JW>2. A.N.Other asks "can you also post the code for that neat quoting?".
JW>3. RC explains why that style of quoting is undesirable.
JW>4. RC adds an irrelevant swipe at JW's tiny but not-perfectly-formed 'sig'.
JW>5. JW considers the multitude of other sigs around, multiple lines, without
JW>   even a "--", let alone a "-- ", and wonders "Why me???".
JW>6. JW takes the bait and starts a thread to discuss this.
JW>

   very accurate.. except of course it really should be, to make sure the
rest of this newsgroup understands what you mean..

1. >>> posts some code.
2. >> asks "can you also post the code for that neat quoting?".
3. > explains why that style of quoting is undesirable.
4. > adds an irrelevant swipe at >>>'s tiny but not-perfectly-formed 'sig'.
5. >>> considers the multitude of other sigs around, multiple lines, without
   even a "--", let alone a "-- ", and wonders "Why me???".
6. >>> takes the bait and starts a thread to discuss this.

     Rob (who's now written his own initial quoting code.)

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From: Rob Coles <Rob@lloyney.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Editors & .sigs (was: ADDGROUP with 'real' names)
Date: 1995/12/13
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