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When you post a followup it is often useful to include *some* of the article you are following up to. To include the article, answer `y' to the `Include original article?' prompt. After you are in your editor, delete all the lines that are not specifically relevant to your response. For example, you should always delete any signatures (unless of course you're discussing a sig!). Here are commands for deleting a line in some editors. Editor To Delete a Line ====== ================ vi ESC dd pico ^K emacs ^K With all these editors there are more efficient ways to delete lots of text, but these commands should get you started.
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