Re: [NTLK] Quoting (was: Any solutions for a dull screen?)

From: Steve Tedder (stedder_at_cox.net)
Date: Wed Sep 25 2002 - 04:37:33 PDT


On Wednesday, September 25, 2002, at 03:35 AM, Robert Benschop wrote:

>> - If a message is over 21 lines long and over 70% of the message is
>> quoted
>> material, it is not accepted and the user receives a message outlining
>> why their message was not sent to the list and why, etc etc.
>
> Which makes Steve Tedder's point moot doesn't it ?
>
> Nobody will have to ad anything, all messages will come through fine
> except
> for those that quote the complete digest, which we didn't want in the
> first
> place, right ?

If you reply to a 21-line message with one line, it bounces. If you
reply to it with six or seven lines, it doesn't. It would be good to
encourage shorter replies, not longer ones.

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Steve Tedder
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