[28720] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Please Format Your Posts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland Meyer (E-mail))
Sun May 14 12:03:00 2000
Reply-To: <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
From: "Roeland Meyer (E-mail)" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: <wb8foz@nrk.com>, <smd@clock.org>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:58:48 -0700
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1) some of us use mailers that won't let us change that easily.
2) but, then those same mailers expect to be talking to updated=20
mailers on the other end.
Come ON guys! Use Netscape, under an X session. Do I have to stay=20
stuck in PINE just because of a few old troglodytes? I already have HTML
and RTF turned off.
As soon as I find the wrap switch, I'll hit it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> David Lesher
> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 5:46 AM
> To: smd@clock.org
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Please Format Your Posts
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Unnamed Administration sources reported that smd@clock.org said:
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > Or is it a lost cause to expect people to be concerned about
> > the number of characters on a line, when they are arguing
> > that we shouldn't worry about the number of globally-known
> > routing prefixes?
>=20
> I would hope not, but....
>=20
> One alternative is to regard unwrapped lines, HTML, 20 line sigs,
> and ms-tref as scoring; they help you evaluate the poster, as
> well as her/his post.
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
> A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
> & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
> Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
> is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
