"MEAlston" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Altum" wrote in message
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MEAlston wrote:
Why!!

Why quote? This is the perfect reason. To understand your one-word
question, I had to back up the thread. What if the previous message
had
never arrived or my server accidentally expired it (it does that
sometimes). Usenet is still not at 100% transmission on all servers.
With
Google groups, people can reply to pretty old threads too. On a normal
server there's no way to back up the thread - the context is simply
gone.

It's also considered to be good netiquette. By taking a moment to
include
a properly trimmed quote, you make it much easier for everyone else to
read and follow what you're trying to say.


Although, on my server, it looks like Ed started this thread, so there
was
nothing to quote when he was first asked to include the previous post.

Sorry, being devil's advocate ;~), though Altum is technically correct,
and
the "Why!!" post did hang in the air.
--
www.NetMax.tk

My apologies for the misuse of protocol...I'm getting my training wheels
removed this weekend =) ..-ED


Ed, do you use OE? If you go in your settings all you do is check the box
for include reply...
If you need i can see what its under
Nik