My apologies Ben,
On Friday 12 January 2007 05:40, Ben Parker inscribed thus:
> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:43:02 +0000, Gaffer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> wrote:
> >Note to moderators. Please can I have some more lines. Pretty
> >please ! :-)
It was intended as a factious comment on the spur of the moment !
> No! In fact I'll probably turn the screws tighter and lower the
> line limit further. The point is you should edit the "quoted"
> parts of the email you are replying to. You should try to not copy
> the entire original email, including bottom banner. People on this
> list generally have good memory of the previous messages. And most
> people have mail programs that "thread" fairly well (group messages
> of same message topic/Subject: line together), especially all the
> users of Forte Agent. So even if memory falters, they can scroll
> back to read the previous/original message if needed.
>
> A courtesy rule/best practice: The "quoted" part of of the
> original email should not exceed 50% of the total email. Put
> another way, your comments should be at least as long as the amount
> you quote from the original message, preferably longer. (By way of
> example, this message copies only 1 sentence from your email and my
> comments are probably 10X the amount I quoted.) 75% your comments
> vs 25% quoted content is even better and a good ratio to strive
> for.
>
> Thanks for your understanding.
I shall consider my wrists slapped !
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Best regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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