In article . com, gasman
pete wrote:
Hi all, I am new to google groups and would like some advise on posting and
replying. I hope people have a little patience with us ....students....

The news.newusers.questions FAQ http://www.plig.net/nnq/nquote.html How to
post to uk news groups http://www.usenet.org.uk/ukpost.html Proper quoting
style explained http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/http/quote.html

Your ISP should have already told you about these or similar. As a student
your IT department should have done the same.

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