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On Tuesday 10 January 2006 06:19, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Ok, I can determine who the OP of the quoted material is, by deduction. I did, in fact. What I meant is that you might have quoted it like this:
Carlos, Life is too short to drag these sorts of exchanges out indefinitely for no good purpose. I'd like to close this thread out with the following observations: The standard quote preamble, as you've suggested, is autonomous and devoid of any context. That fact is precisely what prompted me to write an explanatory opening paragraph. In that paragraph, I directly addressed the OP *by name.* If his name was overlooked, his identity could still be /easily/ deduced from the "CC" field. There can be only one conclusion: I did not impede anyone's ability to attribute his or her quotes accurately. The only "problem" was a very minor oversight... a simple misquote. And I was very polite when pointing it out. But, still, the responsibility to quote people accurately rests with the person clicking "Send." Now, let's call a truce and get back to the real purpose of this list. regards, - Carl