<snip>

And if you weren't dense,

Why do you feel the need to resort to personal insults?

you'd know that you can choose what you
want them to be sorted by. Also, there's no guarantee the messages
will arrive at the same time, or that the author won't make a typo in
the subject header.

Please could you tell me how you get your mailer to sort these subject
headers below so they wind up next to eachother? I only ask because I could
not get Messy Explorer(MSIE) to do that.

Subject: [FFML][FF][R1/2] Ranma-chan 6..7
Subject: [FFML][FF][R1/2][REPOST] Ranma-chan 1..5

<COMMENT>
Subject: [FFML][FF][R1/2]Ranma-chan 1..5 [REPOST]
is how I would have posted this
</COMMENT>

Subject: [FFML] [fanfic][Ranma] actually readable: spiritwithin part1
Subject: [FFML] [Fanfic][Ranma] spirit wihtin part 2

Subject: [FFML] [FIC]R1/2]Nodoka's Daughter Part 2 (revised)
Subject: [FFML] [FIC][RANMA] Nodoka's Daughter Part 3

Subject: [FFML] [ff][Eva][Ranma 1/2][For the Sake of the Children][Chapter
4]
Subject: [FFML] [ff][r1/2][eva]For the Sake of the Children Chapter 3

(Apologies to the various authors of these 4 stories for picking you out.
The fact that I have kept these stories should be taken as a token of my
appreciation. All four are good stories.)

<snip>

Ever hear of using a word processor? There's ways to remove those
notices.

I just thought it saves time if one person edits things at the source rather
than everyone who wants to keep the story to edit it individually. Less
man-hours are involved that way.

<snip>

Actually, you and just about nobody else would thank us for it. When
you want the *final* version of the fic, you go to the RAAC archives
or web sites for it. The notices are attached to FFML versions
because they're *not* the final version of the fic.

I don't have web access. Just Email and usenet. Not everyone has an
'anything-you-can-eat' account. I cannot afford the money.

<snip>

The FFML is about to rain on *your* parade, I think. You have no
business dictating to everyone how they should post to the list; you
are not White Wolf, or one of the FAQ maintainers.

Was I dictating? I thought I was only politely asking people to post the
message headers the way the FAQ says people should anyway. Sorry if I caused
any offence.

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