From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   On 2/6/2014 6:53 PM, Helpful person wrote:   
   > On Thursday, February 6, 2014 5:14:48 PM UTC-5, Skywise wrote:   
   >> I realize this isn't totally your fault as it seems to   
   >> be the way Google Groups messages are formatted, but....   
   >>   
   >> A lot of posts are a couple hundred lines of quoted   
   >> text with only a few lines in reply.   
   >>   
   >> Could you please trim off everything except the relevant   
   >> part to which you are replying? It's not a bandwidth   
   >> thing but an eyesore.   
   >>   
   >> Further, apparently Google is messing up the quoting   
   >> levels part anyway. Most of many deeply threaded posts   
   >> are filled will large swaths of nothing but...   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>>>>   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >> So, could you please trim this off since it's not needed?   
   >>   
   >> And finally, could you please use the return/enter key   
   >> after about 80 characters or so on a line? It seems you   
   >> are relying on the word wrap in the window of your browser   
   >> but when the message is posted, it's posted as one great   
   >> long line that tends to go off the right side of the   
   >> screen by several feet.   
   >>   
   >> BTW, anyone else notice that all Google messages are posted   
   >> as having line counts of exactly 100 no matter how many   
   >> lines there really are in the message?   
   >>   
   >> "Do no evil"... my ass!   
   >>   
   >> Brian   
   >   
   > I completely agree with you.  However, almost   
   > anyone who uses google groups knows about this   
   > problem.  It started after they "upgraded" the   
   > interface.  It seems that since then they have   
   > fixed no bugs.   
   >   
   > I wouldn't quite call it evil, but it's damn   
   > annoying.  I still use google groups because I   
   > haven't yet discovered a better alternative.  I   
   > access Usenet from many different computers and   
   > like the direct web access.  In addition, having to format every message   
   tempers my posts and gives me   
   > time to better think about what I am writing.  Just like the good old days   
   of pen and paper.   
   >   
   > http://www.richardfisher.com   
   >   
      
   Folks who care can get a free newsreader (Thunderbird) that works OK,   
   and furthermore can get a free Usenet account from   
   eternal-september.org.  Even the fancy-schmancy outfits like Supernews   
   only charge five bucks a month.   
      
   Takes maybe 45 minutes to figure all this stuff out and set it up.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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