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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:38:52 -0500
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From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: Double Posting to Newsgroup (WAS Re: csdpmi*b.zip?)
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At 04:49 AM 2/21/99 -0800, you wrote:
>One time I'm almost positive it was the
>poster's fault cuz I got the same message about 10 times but each time
>the font was different...


Ah, quite the deduction.

Font changing -> This guy got a braindead HTML-izing client like Outlook
Exploder and furthermore, didn't subsequently turn off the HTML -> Newbie
with Microsoft software -> Newbie mistakes and Microsoft bugs -> These
probably were responsible for the multiple posting since newbies often
repost something ten times over when it doesn't appear on the article list
instantly, and Microsoft software often screws up in any manner you can
imagine and then a few, totally surprising ways as well. :-)

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