[bookport] Re: List behaviour

  • From: Robert Carter <r-carter@xxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 19:45:50 -0500

Hi All,

How strange. I have never seen any equal signs on any messages.

Robert Carter

At 04:10 PM 6/9/2004, you wrote:

>I totally agree and have said something myself not so long ago.
>Dave
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of David Allen
>Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 4:57 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] List behaviour
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>Hello!
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>A few weeks ago, several (including me) expressed frustration over the
>equals signs that were appearing on every line in some list messages. I
>thought it was only a part of messages that were posted by APH staff at
>first. But as the practice continued, I found this wasn't so. If there was
>an explanation of what causes this on list, I missed it. They're still
>there, and there just as annoying as ever, especially when messages often
>contain instructions that would (other than these unnecessary equals signs)
>be very useful. The equals signs (apparently sometimes as many as 20 of
>them) at the end of every line only add confusion. Now the thread seems to
>have died, but the practice hasn't. Can we get rid of them?
>
>Dave


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