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- From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: attribution flaw?
- Keywords: attribution reply forward
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.151729.29784@DSI.COM>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 15:17:29 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.163202.20576@genrad.com>
- Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc. Huntingdon Valley, PA
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- mal@genrad.com (Mike A. Long) writes:
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- >Either I don't quite understand the purpose of attribution, or there is a
- >flaw with the feature (I am unsure if it is due to design or implementation).
- I think you don't understand the purpose.
-
- Attribution, is to attribute the text you are including. Since the person
- who sent you the message wrote it, the attribution always belongs to them.
- Its not a 'Dear person', that would be a salutation, not an attribution.
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.3PL11
- Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 2.4 Release: Oct 1,1992
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