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Re: general curiosity

On 11/24/96 at 01:51 PM,
  Wendell Cochran  said (in so many words):

<- I will now reveal that in today's third attempt I removed the 3 dots I'd
<- inserted in column 1 to indicate material elided from a quote. . .. .
<- It all brings on bad vibes, reviving memory of WordStar's dot commands.

It should. This is a defect of many unix mail handlers all over the net.
If those dots happen to be wrapped just right by your mailer then you're in
trouble in many many many places. Someone once sent me a detailed
explanation, but explanations aside the only sure remedy to do as you did.



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                     Regards,
                     David

How can you expect to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
               --Charles de Gaulle

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