Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00835)

In message <2.2.32.19960514170407.00696a94@mail.slip.net>, alexis
dolgorukii <alexei@slip.net> writes
>Why is that
>acceptable and the short but pithy message not so? Could it be, perhaps,
>that it is not so much the messages as the messengers?
>
>alexis the perplexed

'Tis a thought.  However, I recall using a DOS based program in which
many lines of header info came down the line with each message, and all
were visible on screen.  This meant scrolling down at least a screenful
just to see something like "Hi! I'm back!"  It's quite possible some
subscribers are using such software, which isn't much fun.  IOW, the
messages *as seen* were anything but short and pithy.

Alan
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