MAU wrote in <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I fully agree with you and do the same. Messages in lists like this one > can be viewed as threads, why quote then?
Well, for example, I can't tell quite what you just fully agreed with. I purge my TBUDL folder when I leave it, and the antecedent of your post is gone; the threaded view makes no difference. I'm sure I did read the antecedent -- probably it was posted only yesterday, my time. But since then I have read a several hundred threads in groups and lists, and my wetware is not up to recalling each read post in each thread. > If the height of the pane is full with quoted text (i.e. I have to > scroll down to find the first line of the response) I usually just > skip that message. Me too. Snipping everything unnecessary to provide context is good, and IMO encouraging that is the only good way to deal with the problem. > That is even worse when the quoted text is preceded with several > lines telling me what time it was in several parts of the world, > repeating the Subject, etc. :) I agree. Two lines for the attribution seems a good rule-of-thumb to me, but opinions vary. I don't put in "Hello MAU" greetings in order to keep it short, but I don't mind them either. I think they help foster the friendly atmosphere here. -- Mike TB! v1.60q Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.11.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
