Date:	Fri, 9 Sep 1994 12:08:43 -1000
From:	andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie)
Message-Id: <CvvuuK.7qG@tug.com>
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Subject: Re: AOL users, follow-ups and attributions

tomv@vismag.limmat.net.ch (Thomas Voirol) writes:
>Anne Rock (rock@netcom.com) wrote:
>> I've been noticing a problem with attributions lately (as Michael is pointing
>> out above) and the problems all occur with follow-up articles from AOL users.
>From what I see above, I'd say there's no problem with the attribution. Let's

You're both right.  Strictly, the attributions are correct, however several
AOL'ers have been posting "null followups" like:

===============================================================================
Fred@somewhere.com writes:

Hello, my name is John, I've been lurking here on AOL...
===============================================================================

So you end up with a blank line attributed to someone, which confuses the best
of us.

You owe the Kite Oracle a name badge.

Andrew
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