On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:53:55 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Some b0rken e-mail software makes proper quoting very difficult. Take m$ >lookout - please! > Yet some persist in using it. Worse, some employers requre it. >________________________________________ >From: Tony Harminc >Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 2:49 PM > >On 14 November 2018 at 14:34, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > >> And, all, please trim the superfluous footers, disclaimers, etc. >> (It's the malign consequence of top-posting.) > >Better yet, don't top-post! Selectively quote, insert your comments >where they belong, and trim with care. > That's *so* 20th Century! Users nowadays expect each ply to be an entire archive of the thread.
When extending a Cc: list, *selectively* quote from earlier plies to bring newcomers up to speed. Editing should be the responsibility of the originator, not of every recipient. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
