Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!rhea!tinman!pinard From: pinard@tinman.DEC Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Basenotes in Responses Message-ID: <6193@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 13:17:38 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.6193 Posted: Mon Mar 12 13:17:38 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 20:26:21 EST Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 20 >Nf-ID: #N:hp-dcde:32700013:000:453 >Nf-From: hp-dcde!barrett Mar 5 19:36:00 1984 > >OK. This is a meta flame about people who copy the entire basenote into >their responses on the net. The program "notes" displays the basenote >before any responses can be read. I CAN'T STAND IT WHEN I HAVE TO WADE >THROUGH THE BASENOTE AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR EACH RESPONSE! Please don't. >(If news does not display the basenote before responses then at least I >have brought this problem to peoples' attention) WRONG!! The net has a much larger audience than those directly connected to it. Many people are not able to use the "notes" program. Those of us on DEC's engineering network (~1300 nodes) access the USENET via a gateway which picks up the postings and mails them to the DEC subscribers using the VMS MAIL utility. If the original note is not included, we have NO idea what the response is responding to. Please KEEP including basenotes so that this net is useful to the maximum number of people. Leo Pinard ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!tinman!pinard