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Author: David TaylorDavid Taylor Date: Mar 10, 2008 05:51
On 2008-03-09, Ivor Jones wrote:
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> "Stuart" dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
> news:4f7d876e8aSW_NOSPAM@dsl.pipex.com
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> [snip]
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>: > Can't say as it caused me any issues here except the
>: > fact of ": :" putting it down to the second level of
>: > quoting as if you had used "> >"
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> Fixed. That *was* a misconfiguration ;-)
Not quite. You're now quoting with ": >" compared to ": :" previously.
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David Taylor
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Author: Ivor JonesIvor Jones Date: Mar 10, 2008 08:45
ipal.net> wrote in message
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: > In alt.engineering.electrical Ivor Jones
: > wrote:
[snip]
: > | But what is the objection..? I just don't get it.
: > | I've been on Usenet for over 10 years and nobody has
: > | *ever* complained about this before.
: >
: > The fact that you are DOUBLE indenting makes it appear
: > that you have
: > quoted ONLY the quoting of the previous poster. It
: > doesn't matter if
: > the indenting is ": >" or ": :" or even "> >". It is
: > misleading.
I put a space in, not a double indent. I have now modifed the system so it
puts a single : instead of converting the previous quote mark to a : which
it did before. So now you should be getting : > and not : :
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Author: Ivor JonesIvor Jones Date: Mar 10, 2008 08:46
"CBFalconer" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: > Well, there have been detailed intelligent postings of
: > reasons to comply, and postings of general malignancy,
: > and I have avoided at least 1/2 of all that so far. I
: > see no reason to retract my plonk so far. I wonder how
: > many other plonkers there are out there.
Indeed.
Ivor
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Author: Ivor JonesIvor Jones Date: Mar 10, 2008 08:49
ipal.net> wrote in message
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: > In alt.engineering.electrical Ivor Jones
: > wrote:
: > |
: > |
: > | "Stuart" dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
: > | news:4f7d876e8aSW_NOSPAM@dsl.pipex.com
: > |
: > | [snip]
: > |
: > | : > Can't say as it caused me any issues here except
: > | : > the fact of ": :" putting it down to the second
: > | : > level of quoting as if you had used "> >"
: > |
: > | Fixed. That *was* a misconfiguration ;-)
: >
: > What was fixed? The same issue still exists. It is
: > NOT an issue of what the character is. It is an issue
: > of DOUBLE indenting. ...
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Author: Ivor JonesIvor Jones Date: Mar 10, 2008 08:53
"David Taylor" yadt.co.uk> wrote in message
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: > On 2008-03-09, Ivor Jones
: > wrote:
: >>
: >>
: >> "Stuart" dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
: >> news:4f7d876e8aSW_NOSPAM@dsl.pipex.com
: >>
: >> [snip]
: >>
: >>: > Can't say as it caused me any issues here except the
: >>: > fact of ": :" putting it down to the second level of
: >>: > quoting as if you had used "> >"
: >>
: >> Fixed. That *was* a misconfiguration ;-)
: >
: > Not quite. You're now quoting with ": >" compared to
: > ": :" previously.
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Author: David TaylorDavid Taylor Date: Mar 10, 2008 11:30
On 2008-03-10, Ivor Jones wrote:
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> "David Taylor" yadt.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrnftabn3.ll6.davidt-news@outcold.yadt.co.uk
>: > On 2008-03-09, Ivor Jones
>: > wrote:
>: >>
>: >>
>: >> "Stuart" dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
>: >> news:4f7d876e8aSW_NOSPAM@dsl.pipex.com
>: >>
>: >> [snip]
>: >>
>: >>: > Can't say as it caused me any issues here except the
>: >>: > fact of ": :" putting it down to the second level of
>: >>: > quoting as if you had used "> >"
>: >>
>: >> Fixed. That *was* a misconfiguration ;-)
>: > ...
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Author: Ian SmithIan Smith Date: Mar 10, 2008 13:04
krw wrote:
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>> : > *MY* system is configured properly. *YOU* have the
>> : > problem. ...and more than one.
>>
>> Eh..? *I* don't have a problem.
>
> Yes, you do.
>
>> Seems to me it's *you* that has the
>> problem, if you can't cope with a simple : character in a plain text
>> message.
>
> Again, it is not *I* who has a problem.
>
Can't the two of you continue this by email and stop wasting
everyone else's bandwidth?
regards, Ian
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Author: phil-news-nospamphil-news-nospam Date: Mar 10, 2008 16:14
In alt.engineering.electrical Ivor Jones wrote:
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| ipal.net> wrote in message
| news:fr28g211hm5@news1.newsguy.com
| : > In alt.engineering.electrical Ivor Jones
| : > wrote:
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| [snip]
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| : > | But what is the objection..? I just don't get it.
| : > | I've been on Usenet for over 10 years and nobody has
| : > | *ever* complained about this before.
| : >
| : > The fact that you are DOUBLE indenting makes it appear
| : > that you have
| : > quoted ONLY the quoting of the previous poster. It
| : > doesn't matter if
| : > the indenting is ": >" or ": :" or even "> >". It is
| : > misleading. ...
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Author: phil-news-nospamphil-news-nospam Date: Mar 10, 2008 16:17
In alt.engineering.electrical Ivor Jones wrote:
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| ipal.net> wrote in message
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| : > In alt.engineering.electrical Ivor Jones
| : > wrote:
| : > |
| : > |
| : > | "Stuart" dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
| : > | news:4f7d876e8aSW_NOSPAM@dsl.pipex.com
| : > |
| : > | [snip]
| : > |
| : > | : > Can't say as it caused me any issues here except
| : > | : > the fact of ": :" putting it down to the second
| : > | : > level of quoting as if you had used "> >"
| : > |
| : > | Fixed. That *was* a misconfiguration ;-)
| : > ...
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Author: phil-news-nospamphil-news-nospam Date: Mar 10, 2008 16:21
In alt.engineering.electrical Ivor Jones wrote:
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| "David Taylor" yadt.co.uk> wrote in message
| news:slrnftabn3.ll6.davidt-news@outcold.yadt.co.uk
| : > On 2008-03-09, Ivor Jones
| : > wrote:
| : >>
| : >>
| : >> "Stuart" dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
| : >> news:4f7d876e8aSW_NOSPAM@dsl.pipex.com
| : >>
| : >> [snip]
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| : >>: > Can't say as it caused me any issues here except the
| : >>: > fact of ": :" putting it down to the second level of
| : >>: > quoting as if you had used "> >"
| : >>
| : >> Fixed. That *was* a misconfiguration ;-)
| : > ...
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