BottleBob wrote ....

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What does your repeated use of these dots signify? The end of a
subject?


How do I quote correctly in Usenet?

2.7 How do I mark text I left out?

Text you left out when quoting should always be marked with "[...]" or
"(...)", while the first is much more common. Another possibility that
has become more and more common is to use "snip".

http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.7