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   Sn!pe to Mike Spencer   
   Re: If you were to design a netnews prot   
   28 Aug 24 22:04:40   
   
   From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   Mike Spencer  wrote:   
      
   > Anton Shepelev  writes:   
   >   
   > > Chris Hennessy (chenness@enterprise.powerup.com.au) wrote:   
   > >   
   > > The brothers Usas and Senda, despairing of the state of UseNet, went   
   > > unto the mountain at the feet of Net.God.  "Oh Net.God, there is   
   > > confusion and sorrow in your place of UseNet.  The people worship false   
   > > gods and knowst not your will."   
   > >   
   >   
   > Interesting to note that top-posting wasn't mentioned by Net.God in   
   > His commandments.   
   >   
      
   I guess that the Commandments predate the deplorable appearance of   
   Outlook Excrete.  It was that email prog. being pressed into service on   
   Usenet that brought the execrable email habit of top posting to Usenet.   
      
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   ^Ï^.     Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS, Pro Crastinator   
      
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