Date: Sun, 4 Sep 1994 07:05:48 -1000 From: rock@netcom.com (Anne Rock) Message-Id: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services Subject: AOL users, follow-ups and attributions (Was Re: soon-to-be rec.kiters) Michael Graves (mgraves@leadingedg.win.net) wrote: : : In article <345qb5$d8u@search01.news.aol.com>, BUGJON (bugjon@aol.com) writes: : >In article <970@leadingedg.win.net>, mgraves@leadingedg.win.net (Michael : >Graves) writes: : > : >Maybe we should limit production to the pins already ordered : > : According to the lead in line I said this...but really I didn't. It : is a good idea though. : Michael Graves I've been noticing a problem with attributions lately (as Michael is pointing out above) and the problems all occur with follow-up articles from AOL users. I read in another newsgroup yesterday that AOL's newsreader has a bug which is being worked on .... In the meantime, it would be helpful if AOL'ers made an attempt to show clearly who wrote what. Anne -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * Anne Rock | * * rock@netcom.com | * * Berkeley, CA | * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Wed, 7 Sep 1994 06:04:57 -1000 From: tomv@vismag.limmat.net.ch (Thomas Voirol) Message-Id: Organization: Visual Magic Digital Arts Subject: Re: AOL users, follow-ups and attributions (Was Re: soon-to-be rec.kiters) Anne Rock (rock@netcom.com) wrote: > Michael Graves (mgraves@leadingedg.win.net) wrote: > : > : In article <345qb5$d8u@search01.news.aol.com>, BUGJON (bugjon@aol.com) writes: > : >In article <970@leadingedg.win.net>, mgraves@leadingedg.win.net (Michael > : >Graves) writes: > : > > : >Maybe we should limit production to the pins already ordered > : > > : According to the lead in line I said this...but really I didn't. It > : is a good idea though. > : Michael Graves > I've been noticing a problem with attributions lately (as Michael is pointing > out above) and the problems all occur with follow-up articles from AOL users. >From what I see above, I'd say there's no problem with the attribution. Let's see: Plain is me > This is Anne Rock > : This is Michael Graves' "That was not mine" reply > : >This is what BUGJON wrote So, the line > : >Maybe we should limit production to the pins already ordered is really from BUGJON. In the above quoted message, there's no original Michael Graves line quoted by BUGJON. Otherwise it would read something like: > : > > Michael Graves wrote this Remember, the Attribution itself is one indentation less than the text of that person you're quoting. Just take a look at my "Anne Rock wrote" attribution line above. //VOIROL JOB (00411,4001642),CLASS=1,MSGCLASS=T,MSGLEVEL=(1,1) /*JOBPARM ROOM=SWITZERLAND //FRSTSTEP EXEC PGM=AMIGAOS //TOMV DD DSN=VISMAG.LIMMAT.NET.CH,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),DSORG=PO, // RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=23440,SPACE=(TRK,(20,5,10),RLSE) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =