wrote:
> "pcbutts1"
>> <bshach...@gmail.com>
Oh, good. A googlegrouper GGer having a conversation with a top poster.
Well, anyway, here are some suggestions:
The way you create a subject for a new topic can best be done by
creating the message body first, made of complete sentences and
providing sufficient background or support to aid the respondents in
replying. Generally the question itself does not comprise the Subject
because the question needs to be in the body. The subject should be
brief and 'descriptive' of the body content, but it does not need to be
a complete sentence.
Your body and its question were well created. Your subject was way way
too long.
pcbutts1 is (always) top posting instead of trimming and
contextualizing. Don't follow his example.
http://www.anta.net/misc/nnq/nquote.shtml Q1: What is "quoting" in
newsgroup postings? - Q2: How should I use the quoted text and arrange
it with my own text?
When you replied to pcbutts1 at least you didn't top post, but you also
didn't trim or contexualize as described at the link above.
The GG interface is an awkward way to read and post to usenet groups and
it has many disadvantages including the fact that many readers filter
out all GGers. It would be better to use GG for archive searching and
reading/posting to googlespecific groups and to nntp read and post to
usenet grups.
http://news.aioe.org/ nntp.aioe.org - access ports 119 or 80
http://news.aioe.org/spip.php?rubrique9 How to configure the
most common newsreaders -- Win: Tbird Moz Opera Gravity XNews
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Mike Easter