Hey Nick!

 NB> who knows what the abandonware will do with it.

That is why we're giving it at least 7 characters to play with.  I have been known to wrap entire messages to 72 characters just to take care of their obvious handicap.  Them were the good ol' days.

 NB> What were they thinking?

Strong like bull, smart like tractor?

As far as I know, quoting has never been covered in ftn standards.  The tradition has become to put the initials of the quotee in the quote prefix along with the '>' character.  However I think just the '>' character is more universal and makes things easier, especially when using vim or nano as the MSG editor of choice.

Life is good,
Maurice

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