Joe Zeff wrote: > On 07/16/2008 Zan Lynx wrote: >> It's very useful. Usenet has the standard of pre-quoting and >> inter-quoting. That means that the parts of the message that are >> actually interesting are not generally on the first page, especially >> if >> you have been reading from the top of a thread. > > I guess I must be spoiled then. The group I infest has the habit of > trimming things out of posts that aren't relevant instead of mindlessly > quoting everyting.
Might depend on whether or not the discussion is of a technical nature. If solving a technical problem it is usually wise to leave all text to preclude re-inventing the wheel halfway through the thread. Rinaldi -- Armadillo: To provide weapons to a Spanish pickle _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users