I've seen lines chopped before, including my own,
but not diagnosed this as one (the?) source of the problem. We'll
add this to the Statalist FAQ, although I dare say
it's going to be a bit difficult to remember. It is
difficult enough for people to remember the plain text
rule.
Nick
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Renzo Comolli replied to Dr. Murray Finkelstein
> In response to your message
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2004-11/msg00813.html
>
> You can't use the word "From" at the beginning of any
> sentence otherwise the
> Statalist parser hosted by StataCorp will cut the message at
> that point,
> split your message in two, delete that line and post two
> separate messages.
> I surmise that given that you used the word "From" in the very first
> sentence, the parser discarded one of the two pieces as empty.
>
> I have known this for quite a while, still it is easy to
> forget. I started
> with "From" just a couple of days ago. So here is an example
> of what happens
> in general. The following two pieces belong to a posting of
> mine (there was
> a sentence starting with "From" in the middle)
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2004-11/msg00803.html
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2004-11/msg00804.html
>
> This "feature" is the reason why most people put a sign of
> some sort before
> the "From" when they quote a message in their reply.
>
> Perhaps this could be added to the Statalist FAQ (if it has
> not been added already).
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