> > I also want to ask everyone there to *please* skip all the irrelevant
> > when they include a message for a reply...
> sound nice, but how are you going to define "irrelevant", e.g. which
> part of your message should I leave out ??
Leave just enough information so that people can figure out what your
answer relates to. If it's a simple topic, all can be left out at times.
> Usually I delete a message
> which contains just a question that I can't answer (so basically all ;-) )
> and just keep the replies, thats why it is so nice to have the original
> message included.
It is a recognised point of 'Net courtesy to not waste bandwith, such as
including the entire message. I think that this comes down to courtesy
vs. personal convenience. In my opinion, forcing a lot of people to pay
for unneccesary bandwidth is discourteous. Not everybody has a T1. :-)
I cut-and-paste relevant information into a small database for even
faster finding of information. This may cause me a little immediate
inconvenience, but it saves time to retrieve information later, and
saves other people inconvenience and money.
Just my two bits.
James
