Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!mit-eddie!necntc!ima!haddock!karl From: karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.misc Subject: Re: followup articles Message-ID: <761@haddock.ISC.COM> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 12:47:50 EDT Article-I.D.: haddock.761 Posted: Mon Jul 20 12:47:50 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jul-87 05:51:37 EDT References: <738@trwcsed.trwrb.UUCP> <1856@aw.sei.cmu.edu> <960@argus.UUCP> Reply-To: karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer) Followup-To: news.misc Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston Lines: 21 Keywords: followup Xref: mnetor news.groups:1262 news.misc:782 [I don't think this belongs in news.groups; followups will go to news.misc] In article <960@argus.UUCP> ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) writes: >As one who sometimes adds 'fodder' to prevent the inews rejection, I'd like >to suggest [that the 50% rule only apply for >24 lines]. Sometimes I want to >make a small remark on something, and then add junk to make sure that inews >doesn't reject it. ... Comments? Please don't add "inews fodder" -- I sympathize with your frustration, but I don't want to have to read the junk lines. If you *must* bypass the 50% rule, change the quote character from ">" to "|" or something. Learn to edit the quoted portion effectively. If necessary, rewrite the whole thing as a paraphrase (and mark it as such). Always edit out the signature, but leave the attribution line at the top. I agree that the 50% rule should probably be amended, primarily because so many people are using the "fodder" technique to bypass it. Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint (None of the above is directed to any single person, btw.)