Dave Frightens Me wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:41:03 +0100, Martin wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:57:02 +0000, this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.co.uk
> >(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
> >deansgate) wrote:
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> >>I corrected it the one time, but next time, I'll just killfile the
> >>poster. My time's far too precious to waste time correcting line lengths
> >>and top-postings. I prefer wasting my time the way I want, not the way
> >>someone else dictates! :)
> >
> >Says the man who asked everybody to adapt their line lengths to fit in with
> >the limitations of his crappy news reader.
>
> Well, Martin, you did hastle me endlessly to modify my sig so it
> worked on you machine.
I'll point out that I asked politely that posters adapt their line
lengths in line with what is suggested by the usenet netiquette FAQs. I
also note that Martin changed his own newsreader from the default 70
(which is a good length) to 80, because..., well in his words:
"Yes. I set it to 80. It had been set to 70 by Agent, which is too short
for most messages I receive."
Magda and Martin are the only posters I remember recently following up
to with this problem, so I find the statement puzzling, but I'll leave
the reader to figure out who is using the newsreader with limitations.
Of course, the solution to this problem was simple.
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