On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:46:38 +1000, Nick wrote in message
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> > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:13:56 +0100
> > From: Lee Elliott
> > On Thursday 21 October 2004 22:47, Jon S Berndt wrote:
> > > Would it be "grumpy" of me to suggest that we try a little
> > > harder to trim quote
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:13:56 +0100
> From: Lee Elliott
> On Thursday 21 October 2004 22:47, Jon S Berndt wrote:
> > Would it be "grumpy" of me to suggest that we try a little
> > harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed
> > that there are several emails today with 100 to
On Thursday 21 October 2004 22:47, Jon S Berndt wrote:
> Would it be "grumpy" of me to suggest that we try a little
> harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed
> that there are several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of
> quoted material, followed by anywhere from a few lines
Yeah I noticed that too - it makes for some hard reading.
Does this become a bandwidth issue on the mailing list server by any chance?
I've got a couple of basic rules that I try stick to.
Maybe they will help others a bit.
1. Try to only quote what the last guy said - remove all the 2nd hand an
Jon S Berndt wrote:
Would it be "grumpy" of me to suggest that we try a little harder to
trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed that there are
several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of quoted material, followed
by anywhere from a few lines to ten or so. Over time, this stuff bui