How to properly reply to this newsgroup?

[Tom]

I notice that some replies appear underneath the questions. Others appear as a separate "RE:" listing.

How are each of this type of replies accomplished and which is the preferred method?

[AAvK]

What program do you use?

[dadiOH]

The separate "RE:" ones show up individually because the post to which they were "replied" is old/not on your machine.

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[Jock]

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Jock

| > How are each of this type of replies accomplished and which is the preferred method? | >

| What program do you use? | | -- | Alex - newbie_neander in woodworking | cravdraa_at-yahoo_dot-com | not my site:

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[Doug Kanter]

Click the button at the top left that's labeled "Reply Group". Or, press CTRL-G.

[Swingman]

"Message Threads", and your newsreader supporting same.

you do NOT have to add "Re" to the subject line if you reply using the newsreader you are posting with (Outlook Express).

[Doug Kanter]

...and, edit & use white space for ease of readability, especially when a discussion is a million levels deep.

[Michael Daly]

You've already seen the answer to that, but also check the settings on Outlook and set it to quote text with something like a ">" as seen above. That makes it easy to see which text is quoted and which is yours.

Mike

[C & M]

From other groups I have learned/ been told that you should properly reply

[Dave Hinz]

So then encourage people to snip - as you have failed to do here.

[fredfighter]

It may be annoying for you to do it, but it makes it much easier for the readers, especially those who did not see the article to which you are replying, to establish the context of your remarks.

This especially helpful when a longish chain of refernced material is helpful.

[Bruce Barnett]

Or else the References: field is munged.

[Tim Douglass]

Or because it was originally posted with an "OT:" at the start of the subject and someone followed-up using Outlook Express, which eats the OT and replaces it with RE.

-- "We need to make a sacrifice to the gods, find me a young virgin... oh, and bring something to kill"

Tim Douglass