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From: "Barry and Iris McCanna" <>
Subject: Re: side posting (was Re: Why we won't do lookups)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 19:23:21 +0200
References: <uW5%6.60305$D91.195497@news2-hme0>, <3b3eb558.561757@news.melbpc.org.au>, <3B3ED57C.781F@dircon.co.uk>



"Liz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Jill Gibb wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:02:15 +0100, "cecilia" <> wrote:
> >
> > >I wondered too. <grin>
> > >
> > >"Liz" wrote
> > ><example of interlaced reply by Ken ("Jill Gibb")>
> > >>...a side-poster .... how do you DO that?
> > >
> > >Well Liz & Cecilia,
> >
> > A pleasure to help.
> > Only use your down key, NOT , the Enter key.
> > As a recycler of note (at everything) I hate to see waste space,
> > patricuarly on some messages.
> > BTW , as some have noticed I am not very Computer Literate,
> > however I stumbled on the above, coz the IT wizards (when I worked)
> > did not want to teach a dum-dum,like me.
>
> Dear Ken,
>
> As a joke/mistake fine. But I see you have used it again in another
> post. My opinion, FWIW, is that most people are not going to take up
> horizontal scrolling just for your messages .... you may lose a lot of
> readers.....
>
> You were joking about saving space, weren't you?
>
> Liz (Greenwich UK)


Sorry to say they are virtually impossible to read, so I don't basically.
Another group I belong to insists on bottom posting (obviously with relevant
snipping) so that others have an idea of what is being replied to. Top
posters or (new to me) side posters would be well told off :-))

Iris McCanna


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