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suggestion: r w/out attribution

#9623
From: Steve Anderson
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1991 02:48
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Perhaps this change has been done:

R/replying shouldn't include the attribution line (Steve Anderson
writes: ).  Only F/following up should.  IMHO.

Seems logical that respondees should recognize what they wrote,
especially if it's right in front of them.  (Although it does impress
your friends, gives that "/bin/mail...ha!" sort of message.)
-- 
-Steve A. Anderson         I do not speak officially for Locus or IBM, just me.
stevea@locus.com   prodnet=product net    ...{uunet|ucla-se|sequent}!lcc!stevea
Yeah, I'm using "just" 4.41...wanna make something of it?  %-)
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From: stevea@locus.com (Steve Anderson)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.vm.bug
Subject: suggestion: r w/out attribution
Message-ID: <22767@oolong.la.locus.com>
Date: 19 Mar 91 02:48:02 GMT
Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
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