Hi Mike,      ...In a msg of , Mad Moose Mike wrote:

 vm>> Thank you!  Of course, my only contribution was the "cut
and paste"
 vm>> and my tasteful interruption of the "tear line" using
a "dot" intead
 vm>> of a "plus sign".  Much more stylish, eh? My main
motivation was
 vm>> avoiding whining "mooserator" reminders 'bout how the
normal tear and
 vm>> origin line don't make it to that newsgroup.

 MM> I'm not so sure it's necessary. Once before I posted a message from my
 MM> home bog, and then checked for it on the newsgroup side using M00seLook

Please check again.   ;-)

 MM> Express. I was pretty sure that when I checked, the original tear and
 MM> origin lines made it through.

That was probably during the first four or six weeks of gateway
operation.  Since quite a few MooseChat participants had customized
origin lines, an extra step was added to the "gating" process.  Simply
put, origin lines were "cut and pasted" into the message text, then
modified, and then the message would be tossed again.  Since this
eventually started seeming "above and beyond", the practice was
replaced by occasional reminders from your humble "mooserator".

I didn't realize that the "grace period" had given anymoose the wrong
impression.  This just goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished!


Yours in the Way of the Moose,        ...Steve

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"There is a time and place for use of antlers." - Miyamoto Moosashi

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