Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!brandx.rutgers.edu!webber From: webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: Postive vs Negative Features (was: Re: Novel new idea to stop...) Message-ID: <660@brandx.rutgers.edu> Date: 11 Dec 87 07:38:28 GMT References: <1173@looking.UUCP> <1178@looking.UUCP> <635@brandx.rutgers.edu> <5499@oberon.USC.EDU> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 28 In article <5499@oberon.USC.EDU>, blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson) writes: > In article <635@brandx.rutgers.edu> webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) writes: > .... > I use the M feature of rn for this. Cross-posted articles are the > main problem with this tecnique. Your site expiring the article will also take some of the usefulness out of the Mark. > >Or a feature that lets you stop in mid-reply and continue the reply > >later > > I do this by writing the reply I am editing to a file and abort, then > later using Pnews including the saved reply and edit out the extra set > of headers. There is no question that with a little understanding of the system, a person can do whatever they want. Even raw inews works fairly well as a news posting system (I regularly use it directly for local announcements). For that matter, it is rather easy to cons up a nice customized news reader using awk and shell scripts if you are a programmer. However, the news software encourages a class of readers/posters who have only a marginal understanding of any software (be it unix, their editor, their mail program, or the news software itself). For them, I am afraid your usages of rn and Pnews are just not a solution. --- BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)