Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!leah!itsgw!sandro From: sandro@itsgw.RPI.EDU (Sandro Wallach) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.misc Subject: Re: followup articles (# of lines check) Message-ID: <669@itsgw.RPI.EDU> Date: Sat, 25-Jul-87 19:39:43 EDT Article-I.D.: itsgw.669 Posted: Sat Jul 25 19:39:43 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 03:32:03 EDT References: <2115@sphinx.uchicago.edu> <7690@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: sandro@itsgw.rpi.edu (Sandro Wallach) Organization: RPI Info Tech Services - Troy, NY Lines: 25 Xref: mnetor news.groups:1286 news.misc:798 I've seen various discussions about how inews tries to make people be reasonable in quoting others' articles, and the discussions do run in circles, but I've never seen someone comment on having an experience like I did when I first hit the limit. I did a reply, adding about 2 lines to the 10 lines I was quoting. Inews gave me its error message. I went back and cut the article I was quoting down to about 3 lines. Having thought about what I was saying some more, I added a bit and rewrote it. My new comments were about 6 lines. Inews was happier, and so were the people who read my article. Now while I find the enforcement of this limit a bit strange, and almost offensive, I'm sure there are a lot of other people out there who have, like me, been saved from the evil over over-quoting by this little feature. I think that's great. -- "Endow me with the gifts of Sandro D. Wallach a man-made world..." sandro@itsgw.rpi.edu - The The sandro@rpitsmts.bitnet seismo!rpics!itsgw!sandro