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From: bch@ecsvax.UUCP (Byron C. Howes)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: RN is at fault for all this included text
Message-ID: <630@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 11:57:17 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 11:57:17 1985
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Reply-To: bch@ecsvax.UUCP (Byron C. Howes)
Organization: N C Educational Computing Service
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Summary: 

I don't think rn is any more at fault than readnews in accounting for the
included text, and probably significantly less at fault.  At least rn
gives you the option of including text or not when following up on an
article.  Readnews blindly includes the text.  If you happen to be using
a line editor, rather than a full screen editor, you are often unaware
that a possibly large file has been included in your followup. (Yes O great
designers of the netnews software, there are still people who use line
editors out there.)  I have put a local hack in that queries you as to
whether you really want to include the parent article to avoid exactly this
accident.
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                                              Byron Howes
					System Manager -- NCECS
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