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hi all At 13:20 1999/07/06 EDT, bonnie wrote: >janet >can you explain why you said that about Mary Yost's post? >I'm still only learning about "netiquette". >Thanks >Bonnie > >In a message dated 7/6/1999 10:47:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > >> >> this is considered poor 'netiquette' by some >> but so be it: replying to someone else's message and quoting the entire thing with those >>> marks especially if the message is a tad lengthy and then simply adding a "me too!" or "go get'em!" or "i agree." at the end is considered poor use of the medium both in terms of net 'traffic' going out to 1800 members and in terms of our bulging archive files i.e. un-necessary and avoidable duplication this net 'sin' usually results from incomplete understanding of e-mail software use which can tend to bring out the 'poor newbie' sneers and put-downs by pompous old-hand nerds and geeks - whose cages i like to rattle!! thanks for asking, bonnie i'll save this one for the newbie file! janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>