On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Rich Greenberg wrote:
> Correct enough but 3 additional precautions.
> 1) If the log is the current log, hold the list first and release it
> when done.

Yes, I should have mentioned that.  I didn't as, well, I don't like
placing the list on hold (always produces gripes) so I generally wait
until the log in question is automatically complete.
>
> 2) Use caution with whatever you edit it with.  A text editor such as
> Kedit or THE would be best.  If you use a word mangler such as word or
> word perfect or wordpad, make sure that you save it as ascii text or it
> will be garbage when returned.

I didn't say anything about that as it never crossed my nind that anyone
would try to use MSWord, or WordPerfect, etc. to try to edit logs, etc.
I'ld rather use ed, if those were my choices.

>
> 3) Send it back in the body of an email, not an attachment.  No
> signature.

Another, I didn't think of it.  I almost never use attachments for
anything as I don't send binary stuff, I send ASCII text, and MIME
attachments were intended for binary, so wouldn't have to go through
UUen/deCODE, TAR, etc.  Sending plain text as an "attachment" is, excuse
me, plain silly.  Never ocurred to me that anyone would try to do it that
way, so didn't mention it.

But then, I have figured out ways to muck whatever it is up, in a manner
I was not warned against as "no one would do it that way so we don't
have to say anything about it", so . . .   Douglas

(and sometimes I have found that violating the rules actually works
better)