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I am using Outlook Express 6.0 as my newsgroup reader. How do you reply to a
newsgroup posting? I clicked on the posting and then clicked on "Reply" in
the toolbar and it appears that my reply was sent to the sender via my
regular e-mail to the creator of the message. It hasn't shown up in the
thread of the message I replied too. I hope this makes sense.

You should have a "reply group" button. Click that for your reply.

"kwh001" <> wrote in message
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>I am using Outlook Express 6.0 as my newsgroup reader. How do you reply to
>a newsgroup posting? I clicked on the posting and then clicked on "Reply"
>in the toolbar and it appears that my reply was sent to the sender via my
>regular e-mail to the creator of the message. It hasn't shown up in the
>thread of the message I replied too. I hope this makes sense.
>

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:18:30 -0600, "kwh001" <> wrote:

>I am using Outlook Express 6.0 as my newsgroup reader. How do you reply to a
>newsgroup posting? I clicked on the posting and then clicked on "Reply" in
>the toolbar and it appears that my reply was sent to the sender via my
>regular e-mail to the creator of the message. It hasn't shown up in the
>thread of the message I replied too. I hope this makes sense.

Outlook is crap, but...

Look for something like "Followup" or "Post Followup", or maybe even
"Reply to Group".

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:21:21 -0800, Evan Platt
<evan@*******************************> wrote:

>Outlook is crap, but...

Yes, that applies to Outlook and Outlook express.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

"Mutt and Jeff" <> wrote in message
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> You should have a "reply group" button. Click that for your reply.
>
> "kwh001" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I am using Outlook Express 6.0 as my newsgroup reader. How do you reply to
>>a newsgroup posting? I clicked on the posting and then clicked on "Reply"
>>in the toolbar and it appears that my reply was sent to the sender via my
>>regular e-mail to the creator of the message. It hasn't shown up in the
>>thread of the message I replied too. I hope this makes sense.
>>
>
>

kwh001 wrote:
> "Mutt and Jeff"
>> "kwh001"

>>> I am using Outlook Express 6.0 as my newsgroup reader. How do you
>>> reply to a newsgroup posting?

>> You should have a "reply group" button. Click that for your reply.

> Thanks, I'll give it a try.

After you click 'reply group' your cursor will be at the top of the
preceding post. That is pretty close to where you are supposed to start
trimming for your contextualization. You skip down past the attribution
lines, then you start trimming out everything you aren't going to be
replying to and leave only the exact words which you mean to address.

Then, you skip an empty line, type in your words, trim away everything
else below, and sign it if you want to.

That is proper attributing, trimming, and contextualizing^1. Top
posting, which you did here, is failing to properly attribute, trim, or
contextualize. That's what happens if you click 'reply group' and start
typing right there at the top with your newsreader.


^1 http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nquote.html Quoting Style in
Newsgroup Postings


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Mike Easter

Mike Easter wrote:
> kwh001 wrote:
>> "Mutt and Jeff"
>>> "kwh001"
>
>>>> I am using Outlook Express 6.0 as my newsgroup reader. How do you
>>>> reply to a newsgroup posting?
>
>>> You should have a "reply group" button. Click that for your reply.
>
>> Thanks, I'll give it a try.


> That is proper attributing, trimming, and contextualizing.

> Top
> posting, which you did here, is failing to properly attribute, trim,
> or contextualize.


.... and it looks something like this, only yours looks much much much
worse:

kwh001 wrote:
> Thanks, I'll give it a try.
>
> "Mutt and Jeff"
>> You should have a "reply group" button. Click that for your reply.
>>
>> "kwh001"
>>> I am using Outlook Express 6.0 as my newsgroup reader. How do you
>>> reply to a newsgroup posting?


--
Mike Easter

"Mike Easter" <> wrote in message
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> After you click 'reply group' your cursor will be at the top of the
> preceding post. That is pretty close to where you are supposed to start
> trimming for your contextualization. You skip down past the attribution
> lines, then you start trimming out everything you aren't going to be
> replying to and leave only the exact words which you mean to address.
>
> Then, you skip an empty line, type in your words, trim away everything
> else below, and sign it if you want to.
>
> That is proper attributing, trimming, and contextualizing^1. Top
> posting, which you did here, is failing to properly attribute, trim, or
> contextualize. That's what happens if you click 'reply group' and start
> typing right there at the top with your newsreader.
>
Thanks Mike for the information. I'll try to get all of this figured out so
that I can reply properly.

Keith

kwh001 wrote:
> "Mike Easter"

>> Then, you skip an empty line, type in your words, trim away
>> everything else below, and sign it if you want to.

> Thanks Mike for the information. I'll try to get all of this figured
> out so that I can reply properly.

You are doing absolutely great. I almost hate to mention anything else,
but, as long as we're here....

> Keith

You signed by typing your name, but your name isn't 'isolated' by a
/genuine/ proper signature delimiter.

Your newsreader is

X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028

That version has the capability of putting in a proper signature with a
delimiter, which older versions of OE could not do.

The way you do that is to create a sig in OE/ Tools/ Options/
Signatures, but you do not have it autosign Replies and Forwards [up in
the top part of that Signatures tab configuration]

Then, after you get thru' typing your message as you did here, you
simply click 'Sign' in the Toolbar or use Insert menu/ Signature.

By putting in your signature in that way, just above Keith there will be
a dash dash space [you can't see the space]. That dash dash space is a
proper sig delimiter, and those who have compliant newsreaders can
autotrim your sig when they reply to you.

Unfortunately native OE still can't autotrim sigs.

--
Mike Easter

"Mike Easter" <> wrote in message
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> You signed by typing your name, but your name isn't 'isolated' by a
> /genuine/ proper signature delimiter.
>
> Your newsreader is
>
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028
>
> That version has the capability of putting in a proper signature with a
> delimiter, which older versions of OE could not do.
>
> The way you do that is to create a sig in OE/ Tools/ Options/
> Signatures, but you do not have it autosign Replies and Forwards [up in
> the top part of that Signatures tab configuration]
>
> Then, after you get thru' typing your message as you did here, you
> simply click 'Sign' in the Toolbar or use Insert menu/ Signature.
>
> By putting in your signature in that way, just above Keith there will be
> a dash dash space [you can't see the space]. That dash dash space is a
> proper sig delimiter, and those who have compliant newsreaders can
> autotrim your sig when they reply to you.

Thanks Mike for working with me. I hope I'm getting closer.
--
Keith