On Fri, 12 Jun 1998 08:19:38 +0100, Katie Law wrote:
>Is there a way of removing the crap from the introductory line - the "in
>article <CPr$2PADrEg1EwNM>...... part
>(not the Jel Coward writes part)? ;-)
Yes, but it depends on where your mail client stores its macros. Have
a look around.
In general, these are the rules I use:
- Always in plain ascii text. This makes your mail readable by
everybody
- Like KT said, one important thing is to separate things a bit,
specially putting a blank line below the "blah blah wrote..."
- When composing, I try to keep the sentences short and the paragraphs
shorter.
- this makes quoting a lot easier when you want to do it selectively.
- Always put lines between blocks of text
- If you feel that the quoting process is getting too complicated or
you are quoting a quote, add the initials at top of the block.
- For example:
KT:
>
>
>
JC:
>>
>>
>>
- Avoid blank lines with just > in them (above example excepted!
- Don't quote entire message just to add a one liner, specially when
the message is long
- Some people prefer to have their reply at the top then include the
entire message below. That's OK, but can make replies to the reply
with quotes a bit more difficult
- use numbers, letters and dashes to make your text clear
- use * to emphasise words
- never use more than one !, use them sparingly
- Wrap lines at 72 characters
- I think the key point in all this is to make the paragraphs short,
it helps enormously.
Ahmad
PS: all this was in one of the 'Grammars' :-)
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