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J.Clarke said:You're assuming that everyone sees the entire thread. They don't. This
is not CompuServe or AOL or any other service where there is one server
somewhere that one person controls that contains all the posts that have
ever been posted.
Actually I assume if someone really wants good service, they'll get it. I
have very little sympathy for those who don't. As I said, neither I nor my
acquaintenances have the "dropped post" problem.
"Your system"? The systems from which you retrieve news get their
news from other servers that get it from other servers that get it
from other servers and so on. If any of those servers drops a post
then "your system" has no way of retrieving it. And how do you know
that it doesn't drop posts? The only way you can become aware that a
post has been dropped is if someone responds to it and quotes enough of
it that you can tell that you are missing a post.
Not correct.
Every thread I follow reads like a book, from beginning to end. If I have
missed a post, I sure didn't lose any continuity in the thread.
I thought the RFC was pretty clear--you quote. Period. It doesn't say
"you quote unless your system doesn't ever drop a post". When you quote
you do not do it for yourself, you do it for others. Refusing to quote
is just plain self-centered and mean-spirited.
Well, you are surely entitled to your opinion. Mine differs, and please
don't resort to name calling. That just dilutes your argument.