Re: Discussion Group Posting Protocol

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"hkeycurrentuser" <hkeycurrentuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:AF0DE5E2-42B5-49DF-9779-A275A2A89D8E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<<If you want info re newsgroups then ask.>>

Okay, I'm all ears--or in this case: I's all eyes. Yes I've heard of them,
but I had no idea exactly how they worked or
why..............................

Here you are -

Try using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook
Express. It's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way. You can mark
messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your
posts easily, and search/find posters/messages/subjects.

Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php
http://www.mozilla.org
http://gravity.tbates.org/
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
http://xnews.newsguy.com/

Outlook Express - Set up -
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/communities.htm#setupmsnews

Windows XP Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx

Stop using the web interface and switch to a newsreader.
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

"antioch" <antioch@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:...
There are very good reasons for using the recommended newsgroup quoting
style. It has to do with making it easy for others to understand what you
are talking about when you post a reply to anything by placing your comments
into context.

1) If you do not quote at all in a reply you leave the reader guessing at
what you are replying to.

2) If you quote the entire message but then post your reply above or below
the the message you are responding to, and the message happens to be very
long and cover a lot of topics of discussion, again you leave the reader
guessing as to what part of the message your reply was for.
This is why you should put your replies into context.

4) Newsgroup quoting styles have been in use now for well over 20 years,
they are very well understood and accepted quoting practices among those who
participate in newsgroup threaded discussions. Because of that, if you
choose for whatever reason to not follow these accepted practices, then you
invite criticism. Quite often people who fail to follow accepted practices
in threaded discussions and choose to ignore request to start doing so, will
eventually be ignored completely and/or not taken seriously.

5) It's bad form to quote the entire message of an OP (Original Poster)
especially so if that message is more than just a few lines in length,
unless you are doing a point by point response to the message and properly
contextualizing your responses as you go. You should [snip] any comments you
are not responding to.

6) Address the person to whom you are replying and sign off at the end of
your post.


Here are some guidelines about how to correspond in newsgroups
http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/nquote.html

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.html

Do not multipost. Crosspost if you must.
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

How Not to Get Help in Newsgroups
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.html

Thanks for your generous offer, as well as for this one-time exception to
your personal rule.

No problem - hope you find it more practical.

If you've got a favorite description of newsgroups you'd
like to direct me to I'd be all too happy to read it. Otherwise I'm sure
I
can Google something up on it myself.

The above is a collection of advice given my many leading helpers in the
newsgroups - my thanks to those who recognise their contributions.

Now see? It's not REALLY so difficult to get a point across in a civil
manner--is it?

No, you managed that admirably - as good as I could have done it ;-) ;-)
Happy reading.
Antioch


Rgds back at'cha.
hkeycurrentuser



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