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From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Long quotes
Message-ID: <748@pmafire.UUCP>
Date: 8 Sep 89 15:28:53 GMT
References: <745@chyde.uwasa.fi>
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In article <745@chyde.uwasa.fi> ts@chyde.uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) writes:
>Here (below) is a very good example how quoting should not be done.
>The ratio of new and quoted text is roughly 1 to 5:

I agree with the point, but I think it would have been helpful to show
how to constructively edit down the quoted material.  For example:

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>From: gordon@boulder.Colorado.EDU (GORDON ALLEN R)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Simtel to PC troubles
Message-ID: <11404@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Date: 6 Sep 89 16:19:03 GMT
References: <197@infovax.UUCP> <730@chyde.uwasa.fi> <27065@amdcad.AMD.COM> <734@chyde.uwasa.fi> <568@jvncf.UUCP>
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To: saroff@jvncf.csc.org.UUCP
Subject: Re: Simtel to PC troubles
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
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To: saroff@jvncf.csc.org.UUCP
Subject: Re: Simtel to PC troubles
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
In-Reply-To: <568@jvncf.UUCP>
References: <197@infovax.UUCP> <730@chyde.uwasa.fi> <27065@amdcad.AMD.COM> <734@chyde.uwasa.fi>
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In article <568@jvncf.UUCP> you write:
>I am having trouble with the Simtel archives.  I ftped some .ARC and a
>.EXE self unfolding archive and then donw loaded the buggers to my
>AT vi kermit.
>
>However, I couldn't read the .ARC files (granted I was using the evil
>PKARC program) and the .EXE file did not run.  
>
>Am I doing somethig stupid, or is this a know problem.

You did not mention the type of machine you are using and I believe this will
determine the more of transfer used, either binary or TENEX.  Also, when you
download with kermit use SET FILE TYPE BINARY on host machine prior to down-
loading..

Regards

Allen Gordon

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Note that this eliminates several of the quoted lines (such as the
.signature).  When you're quoting a previous article, include enough
information to give your response some meaning, but don't quote
everything.  And there's especially no need to quote the .signature.

-- 
Geoff Allen - WINCO Computer Process Engineering
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