If I have to do that for every reply then I will only reply to half as
many messages each day.

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Jason Wong wrote:

> On Tuesday 13 August 2002 00:03, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> > I know many people hate top-posts, but when you get 1400+ emails every day
> > and answer 50+, it sure does speed things up.
>
> It probably depends.
>
> > Having the relevant text
> > right up front means I don't have to scroll down to find it.
>
> Having the relevant text AND the context up front is even more useful.
>
> > If I don't
> > understand the reply and need more context, that's when I scroll down to
> > see what the reply was all about.
>
> IMHO that wastes even more time.
>
> > If all I see on my screen when I scan a
> > message is a bunch of >'s I tend to just skip them.
>
> I contend that if people trim, quote and reply properly then in most cases all
> the info and context will be available in the first "screenful" of the
> message.
>
>
>
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