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[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

> Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting?

Jackson has explained that. Notice how I am replying "in line".

> Also I don't understand:
> "From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer
> without being 'Sarky'

Is "sarky" equal to "polite but concise?" I even said "Thanks for your
consideration."

> [Beauregard wrote:] <-- this is an attribution
>> Spammers have been harvesting email >address from Usenet posts for
>> years. You posted with yours, in the From: field >of your headers.

All email and Usenet messages have:

1. a FROM address. That is who sent it.
In your case, it is:
From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>
In my case, it is:
From: "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid>

1a. Your full, real address is visible to the spammers' harvesters.
My address is munged, using "example.com/net/org/invalid" which
are set up for the purpose of not using a real domain name.

2. a TO address. This is who you are sending the message to.
For email, it would be: To: "Uncle Bob" <bob@example.com>
For Usenet, it would be: Newsgroups: alt.privacy.spyware

3. Please do not remove attributions (ID of the person you are
replying to.

You can view the headers of any message by looking at "View Headers" in
your email/news program.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Roy East]

Thank you Guys

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>

| Thank you Guys
|

In addition all messages should have a "signature". The delimiter of the signature is two
dashes and then a space such as (without the quotes) "-- ". Below the "-- " delimiter you
enter the contents of your signature which should be no longer than four lines.

See my 'signature' below...

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Butch Casserole]

John Dredla wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:04:02 -0000, "Butch Casserole"
> <Butch_Casserole@kombat.it> wrote:
>
>> Whilst I'm at it,
>> the lack of "snipping" worthless crap text from ones responce to a
>> post also gets up my snoz.
>
>
> I agree wholeheartedly.
>
> I topost when appropriate, and intersperse where appropriate.

Good man!

[Butch Casserole]

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Butch Casserole wrote:
> [about top-posting]
>> If you can't get to grips with sorting the top posting habit, Google
>> for "OE Quotefix", that'll do it for you.
>
> That will help. Still, it cannot change the mentality of people who
> want to type while looking at the paper on the desk between their
> wrists. Yeah, that's how I see top-posting, like viewing a letter on
> my desk in front of the keyboard. and I'm writing along the top
> margin. Like I have to move my wrist to see the quote.

I know a fella who ended up with a limp wrist doing that.

>> After all, at the end of the day, it's a simple matter of Usenet
>> etiquette which IMHO is gradually being eroded today.
>
> ..on or about the time Outlook Express added news support, I believe.

Probably, I can nay remember that far back

[Butch Casserole]

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Roy East wrote:
>
>> Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting?
>
> Jackson has explained that. Notice how I am replying "in line".
>
>> Also I don't understand:
>> "From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer
>> without being 'Sarky'
>
> Is "sarky" equal to "polite but concise?" I even said "Thanks for your
> consideration."

Anglo Saxon slang term for sarcasm, caustic remark, irony or satire even.

[Roy East]

Sorry I know I must be thick, why must I have a signature? How do I go about
it? Where do I get the false address?

Roy

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

> Sorry I know I must be thick, why must I have a signature?
> How do I go about it?

You don't *need* a signature. But if you decide to use one, you now know
what's right. Your newsreader should tell you in its Help file.

Oh wait. Outlook Express does not do them well. Without outside help.

> Where do I get the false address?

You just make it up.

Go to the settings for your news server account. Find your email
address. Change it
from: royeast@tiscali.co.uk
to: royeast@example.invalid

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid>

< snip >

|
| Oh wait. Outlook Express does not do them well. Without outside help.
|

< snip >

Hence my use of FidoLook in conjunction with OE. :-)

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

David H. Lipman wrote:

> From: "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid>
> < snip >
>
>|
>| Oh wait. Outlook Express does not do them well. Without outside help.
>|
>
> Hence my use of FidoLook in conjunction with OE. :-)

Does FidoLook allow you to change the quotemarking character from | to
the accepted standard > ?

Or to set line length to 80 characters or less? ;-)

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista