Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Overhelpfulness in 2.10.2 Message-ID: <1578@nsc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 05:21:58 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.1578 Posted: Sat Oct 13 05:21:58 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Oct-84 06:58:45 EDT References: <890@opus.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: The Warlocks Cave, Castrovalva Lines: 33 > There's one saying we're going to be seeing a lot on the net in the future. > It's: > > *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** > > I'm not sure why the newest postnews finds this necessary. A good point-- I've started noticing these things on the net. Perhaps a bit on the overzealous side??? > A second over-helpfulness is sucking in the entire base article prefixed > with "> " for a followup. I've fixed this in my version, and the fixes have gone to poor, overworked, rick for inclusion in the next postings from him. what I did was set things up so that by default you didn't get the message but so you could tell readnews and vnews if you DID want it. I also did the same for replies (did you notice how you ALWAYS got the message for followups and NEVER for replies??? Talk about standardization... *grin*) > The business of tucking a copy of your posting into author.copy is another > feature I could do without. Also fixed, originally by Mark at Fortune, and I've hacked it further. My version (also at poor, overworked rick's house) doesn't save the message (following the true unix standard of doing nothing and saying nothing unless asked) unless you set an environment variable. I haven't figured out how to deal with YA environment variable due to lack of time, but I'll probably get frustrated enough one of these days... chuq (2.10.2 is wonderful... Everyone should have a copy!) -- From the Department of Bistromatics: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA How about 'reason for living?'