You can certainly respond in any way you prefer, but if you can keep only the relevant paragraphs of the text you are responding to and trim the rest, it'll be easier for the rest of us to keep up with the threads. Remember that all posts are archived [1] and one can always retrieve the original message if it wasn't stored locally.
Of course don't jump to the other exteme edge and overtrim. Use your common sense as a guide to how much is enough to keep the sufficient context.
Thanks for your consideration!
This issue is covered in our list's etiquette's guide: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html#Extracts_From_Other_Posts
[1] http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html#Searchable_Archives
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