RE: Please Format Your Posts

["Roeland Meyer (E-mail)" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

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 
mailers on the other end.

Come ON guys! Use Netscape, under an X session. Do I have to stay 
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
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> Unnamed Administration sources reported that smd () clock org said:
> > 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?
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> I would hope not, but....
>
> 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.
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