In a message dated 5/31/01 10:29:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
johnlink@c... writes:
<< but I'm relatively new to this list and
maybe the accepted practice here is to just quote the whole message
even when it isn't necessary. >>
No, John, that was never the accepted practice to quote at length. Marko
used to suggest that we paraphrase, be as brief as possible, using only as
much quote or indirect quote as was needed to establish what the thread or
query was for anyone who had not seen the post being responded to.
Some e-mail software quotes an entire message automatically when one pushes
the reply button. Any and all of it can be deleted, however. I would like to
join you in suggesting that the practice of quoting entire messages be
stopped.
Doris Long Thurber
soprano in New Jersey
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