Subject: Re: Short Replies Not Allowed by Pine3.95

From: Jeffrey Goldberg <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 14:34:39 +0100

On Mon, 29 Jul 1996, jim eagle wrote:

> OK ... when I attempt to give a short reply to a newsgroup message using
> Pine3.95, I am sometimes not allowed to post because I am re-using more
> lines from the previous email than I am adding of my own.

I suspect that this is not a feature of pine, but of the newserver you
are posting through.  So you should raise the question to your local
news admin.

The "rule" is also generally considered a good one.  We don't want
lots of messages which quote entire articles and then say "I agree" or
something like that.

>  This is
> moderately annoying, and encourages me to pad my reply with blank lines.

I should encourage you to rethink whether your posting is necessary or
in the best form.  If you decide it is, you can always pad as you do.

-j
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From: jim eagle <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 13:42:54 -0700

OK ... when I attempt to give a short reply to a newsgroup message using
Pine3.95, I am sometimes not allowed to post because I am re-using more
lines from the previous email than I am adding of my own.  This is
moderately annoying, and encourages me to pad my reply with blank lines.

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* How do I turn this lovely "feature" of Pine3.95 off??   Thanks.* 
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     Jim Eagle
     Naval Postgraduate School
     Monterey, CA