Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site water.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!water!smkindersley From: smkindersley@water.UUCP (sumo kindersley) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Quoting in SF-Lovers Message-ID: <963@water.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 07:19:31 EST Article-I.D.: water.963 Posted: Fri Nov 1 07:19:31 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 06:07:14 EST References: <178@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> <499@rti-sel.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 --- problem with re-quoting: for some of us it has gone beyond annoying at 300 baud (even at 9600!). our site is LOSING SOME NEWSGROUPS becuse of high phone bills at our news node. sigh. i don't know about net.sf-lovers yet, maybe we'll get to keep it. they are axing a few high volume ones. but about 40% (FORTY PERCENT!?) of the content of the articles in the news directory is `junk' - requotes, long signature files. CONTEXT IS NECESSARY. display of one's personality MAY be necessary for some. this does not include endless repetitions of the same comments (did anyone know tiptree is a WOMAN? well SO is andre norton! surprise surprise). SOMEBODY pays those phone bills. it isn't you or me. so what. anyway think about our loss when you are requoting. it is too late for us and net.music and a few others, but please use RESTRAINT (how is this: never quote more lines than YOU are writing). maybe we won't lose any more groups. *PLEASE*? thanks, a lot. --- sumo --- {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,utcsri}!watmath!water!smkindersley ---