Query on Quote Arrows in Forwards, was [Fwd: Fwd: Sludge

[rhisiart at earthlink.net]

very good Carrol.   and while you're at it, perhaps you could suggest that 
NO ONE post any forwarded material or material from the internet without 
the internet site included with the posting.

i mean, let's leave no turd unstoned.

R

At 04:43 PM 3/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>For forwards, Netscape offers three options, Inline, quoted, or as
>attachment. The quoted option produces texts such as the text quoted
>first below:
>
>
> >Date: Wednesday, 20 March 2002
> >
> >Sludge Report #134 - Dr Don Spots A Dark Cloud
> >
> >  In This Edition: Dr Don Spots A Dark Cloud Behind The Silver
> >Lining
> >
> >NOTE: Authors of this report will be anonymous and wide ranging,
> >and  occasionally finely balanced. Indeed you are invited to
>[CLIP]
>
>But the Inline produces text such as the following:
>
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Re: Brock
>Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:00:00 -0500
>From: pms <laflame at aaahawk.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>References: <p05100303b8bbc8002d86@[216.254.77.128]>
>
>I love Buzz-Flash.  I have a tee-shirt.   It's a place to send
>non-readers
>who are becoming suspicious.  Of course I warn them it can get kinda
>goofy.
>A
>=================
>
>It seems to me clear that the latter is preferable. I don't see why so
>many forwards come to the lists unnecessarily disfigured with those
>quote arrows. dPerhaps the forwarder received them in that condition?)
>
>If the froward is, as it were, an on-line leaflet, which for political
>purposes deserves further wide forwarding, the sender of the post ought
>to exercise the same care over appearance (and ease of further
>forwarding) that is recommended in the preparation of leaflets.
>
>Myself, unless the information is more or less earthshaking, I
>immediately delete posts with an excess of quote arrows.
>
>Carrol