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 Message 1882 
 Alexander Koryagin to Paul Quinn 
 NNTP server and quotation 
 09 Feb 19 21:32:56 
 
Hi, Paul Quinn!
I read your message from 09.02.2019 01:54


 ak>>> However I remember that when I quoted messages with my own
 ak>>> quoter, by myself, my messages were not distorted. IMHO, Paul
 ak>>> NNTP server has the feature that his quoting system doesn't work
 ak>>> if I quote a message by myself. Probably Paul could say more on
 ak>>> this account.

 TK>> If the 'smartquote' is off, you can be sure that what you write is
 TK>> what you see after posting. I prefer to keep the setting off.

 PQ> I don't recall doing anything in particular. Yes, 'smartquote' is
 PQ> enabled on all my configured servers (all others are not public,
 PQ> like this one). You may care to revert to using your own quoter
 PQ> utility and look for any potential undesired side-effects.

 PQ> Alternatively, if you miss the freedom of the Fidonet quoting
 PQ> feature you could administer your own JamNNTPd server.

Yes, I have my own quoter. It works even when I answer messages on WEB forums.
But not every person so happy as me. Probably I asked Tommi for another reason
-- to show the world that I am still alive. ;-)

Bye, Paul!
Alexander Koryagin
jamnntpd 2019

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