Re: Toads and Politics

[Margaret Stokes <milamba@labyrinth.net.au>]

At 01:09 AM 26/02/2000 , you wrote:
> >It is a swamp out there.  Leaving my name off my reply was an oversight.  I
> >apologize.  I rarely contribute to the list and, in my "enthusiasm," I 
> failed
> >to follow protocol.  Mea culpa.
>
>Even though it is a good idea to mention your real name at the end of
>a message, the mail address of each poster is in the From: line in the
>headers of each message posted to the list.  Apparently some mail readers
>don't display that line automatically, but most if not all have an option
>to display it.  That line is also displayed in the archives:
>  http://www.mids.org/sinclair/archive/
>
>Margaret, maybe we should add some web pages about that, in addition to
>the ones about how to post plain text.

Good idea!! I'll get to work!

>Speaking of which, I would like to encourage posters to, as someone else
>already said, turn off HTML and use plain text.  For how, see:
>  http://www.mids.org/sinclair/mail/index.html

PLEASE read it!!! :)


>And regarding this comment:
>
> >Some days I get excited waiting for the response
> >that I know will follow certain postings
> >Though I dare not post a reply myself for fear of being eaten.
>
>Personally, I've never seen anyone get eaten online,
>and I suspect the members of this list would get
>too involved in debating the merits of catsup vs.
>salsa, etc., to remember to actually do so. :-)

Can I have Rosella tomato sauce instead? <hopeful look> hehehehe

Margaret


>John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>
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