It's considered standard usenet courtesy to quote the message you are replying to, after trimming out unnecessary parts. The new Google interface makes that non-intuitive.
Basically, DON'T use the Reply button at the bottom of the message. Next to the sender line is another button labeled, "show options". Click that. The message header will expand, and you will find a number of new buttons available:
Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse
Use the Reply there and you'll get normal quoting and attributions. Trim out extraneous material, then post your reply interspersed with or after the quotes. This will help you in communicating on this and other newsgroups.
Use the Reply there and you'll get normal quoting and attributions. Trim out extraneous material, then post your reply interspersed with
or
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after the quotes. This will help you in communicating on this and
other
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newsgroups.
Brian
==================================================== Thank you. The "show options" is dimmed on my screen. It won't give me those options, but this is the first post I have been able to make from this (ancient) computer in a couple of weeks. At least now the "reply" at the bottom of the post sent me the familiar "log in" stuff and the opportunity to respond. Hope this works! Lynn from Fargo contemplating a new mini mac
Thank you. The "show options" is dimmed on my screen. It won't give me those options, but this is the first post I have
been
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able to make from this (ancient) computer in a couple of weeks. At least now the "reply" at the bottom of the post sent me the familiar "log in" stuff and the opportunity to respond. Hope this works!
Just a guess, but you might be using an older browser. I tried it with Netscape 4.7 and the show options, while clickable, doesn't do anything.
