Re: Help..with this bloody news editor!!!!!!!Please

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From: bdow... Brian C. Downing
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 05:13

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Jordan Thomas (t303...@student.anu.edu.au) wrote:

: "Server responded: Article not posted -- more included text than new text"

[Not too nice text deleted]

Some news servers require that you actually _write_ more text than you quote.
This is meant to prevent the "quote ten pages then write one line" syndrome
that some people have.  Not that this prevents people from doing it anyway,
but...

-Brian Downing (who is glad that his server doesn't do this!)
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From: bdow...@prairienet.org (Brian C. Downing)
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Subject: Re: Help..with this bloody news editor!!!!!!!Please
Date: 28 Mar 1995 05:13:06 GMT
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