Hello Jan,
First .. Bouviers ROCK!
Okay .. that is out of my system (i have wanted to do that since i
first saw you join this list.
Now .. to me quoting the subject is less important than quoting the
text. Of course my point of view comes from the multitude of
'programming' lists/emails i deal with in a day. Quite often the
subject line has little to do with the 'topic' and can be confusing
for refreshment. Plus as noted earlier the subject is repeated in the
'Subject' part of the header.
What I find important is a) the inclusion of all 'relevant' text
(quite often all text as in some cases trimming can lose important
bits) and b) placing new comments at the beginning. Since most
eclinets can 'preview' you can scroll through messages and read newest
bits without having to go into the message body.
Unless it is from someone long winded (or is that opinionated :-)
like myself.
DSig
David Tod Sigafoos
Alpha dog in my pack when Piper lets me be
Saturday, October 28, 2000, 7:30:13 AM, you wrote:
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JR> Hi Christian,
JR> On Saturday, October 28, 2000 @ 13:54:28 +0200,
JR> you wrote the following about "Placing subjects in
JR> introductions"
Christian>> A . Curtis Martin wrote:
CG>>>> I think you shouldn't quote the subject in the introduction at all -
CG>>>> that's why there is a subject header. I myself don't like to read
CG>>>> three lines of introduction before the message text begins...
>>> Well, if I chose to change the subject, as I did above, and which may
>>> very well be appropriate, the one in my introduction and the one in this
>>> messages headers will not correspond, right? :-)
JR> JR: IMO, refreshing the reader's memory about the
JR> subject of one's reply is useful for those who
JR> need it. I think of it as a convenience.
JR> What I really find confusing (& I wish there was a
JR> convention to cover this) is that in multiple
JR> conversations, one can easily lose track of who
JR> said what to whom. For the convenience of my
JR> readers, I have a cursor positioner that adds my
JR> initials so there's less confusion.
JR> Jan Rifkinson
JR> Ridgefield, CT USA
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