Shon Hall writes:
>No offense, and I know people have asked in the past, and I'm certainly
>not singling out James, but people, it's really not that hard to do:
>
>Delete anything not pertinent to what you're posting! Just a small quote
>from the original post only IF necessary to relate to what you're posting,
>then your reply. In this case, just a reply would have been sufficient
>since the header of the post explains exactly what he's replying about.
>From the list FAQ:
Please quote only the relevant portion of messages you respond to -- and
please quote some of the original message so others know what you're
responding to.
"You shouldn't have to wade through gobs of extraneous stuff to get to
the meat of the message. You should include just enough to provide a
context for the message and no more. (Peter Kimble, my high school CS
teacher, now gives his students the rule of thumb that at least half of
the lines in an email message should be their own.) If you must include
the whole message that you are replying to, include it after your
response." (From "A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email", Kaitlin Duck
Sherwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html>.)
"Quoting sparingly does require manual work, since most email programs
automatically quote the original message in replies. But failing to edit
the original wastes everyone's time and bandwidth." (Adam C. Engst,
TidBITS #480.)
Thanks!
Dan the listmom
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