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[Brikp]

Barry - You replies to posts alwasy show up as new posts, out of sync with the thread. Can you correct?

[I-zheet M'drurz]

I'll reply here so it will be threaded, in case Barry's reply slips past you.

No, ne can't. I don't remember the particulars but it is a technical or software issue. He has to paste things into an original post. Hope that helps for now.

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[G. Morgan]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:24:47 -0500 "Brikp" used 4 lines of text to write in newsgroup: alt.home.repair

Looks like he's posting VIA a BBS - reminds me of the FIDONET days.

Hey Barry, spring for real Internet access!

[barry martin]

I-zheet :

IM> Brikp wrote: IM> IM> > Barry - You replies to posts alwasy show up as new posts, out of IM> > sync with the thread. Can you correct? IM> IM> I'll reply here so it will be threaded, in case Barry's reply IM> slips past you. IM> IM> No, ne can't. I don't remember the particulars but it is a IM> technical or software issue. He has to paste things into an IM> original post. Hope that helps for now.

Close to correct: I don't have to do the cut-and-paste thing the above implies; I hit "R" for reply and type my responses in-line.

I receive this newsgroup via the RIME BBS Network

bbs.moondog.com). Somewhere along the line the subject line gets truncated to 25 characters. They are recieved truncated; my reader can recieve and send much longer.

Someone commented on the "RE:" a while back -- the posts are received with them; my reader does not add.

For these reasons I try to use the OP's name at the top of the message; plus it just sounds friendlier.

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[barry martin]

Hi Graham!

GM> >Barry - You replies to posts alwasy show up as new posts, out of sync with GM> >the thread. Can you correct? GM> GM> Looks like he's posting VIA a BBS - reminds me of the FIDONET days.

Hey! Someone read the last few lines of the posts!

GM> Hey Barry, spring for real Internet access!

That has disadvantages too: I've been able to telnet and get my mail when the ISP has been hacked and the 'real' way doesn't work.

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[Brikp]

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