Ottawa Canada Dear Malaina and list:
Yes, sometimes quoting part of the message being replied to is important to maintain continuity of thought. But quoting a whole train of messages verbatim spanning possibly several days or weeks is an awful lot of quoting! I've seen people quote a string of a dozen or more messages on some lists. Ideally you should be able to summarize the message you are replying to in a sentence or two or quote it sparingly. This was much more important in the days of FIDONET and USENET when all the mail was shipped around the net at a whopping 2,400 BPS or even 19,200 BPS over dial-up connections than today with High Speed Internet. But even today some people use dial-up as they may not be in an area where DSL or high speed cable service is available ad some people actually pay by the character for the mail they send and receive. This isn't all that common any more, but some ISPs do it. Take care and happy summarizing. Brian -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 18/08/2006 ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
