The 02.10.14 at 12:16, John Pettigrew wrote:
In a previous message, Carlos E. R. wrote:
[businesses] dislike somebody else trimiming what they said, because the exact meaning can be altered.
But this is exactly why snipping is so useful. If someone snips your post but has misunderstood you, you can see exactly where and why the misunderstanding has occurred, so can address that issue. Otherwise, you're simply left with a misunderstanding and no clue why they're being so "dim".
You have a point there. But sometimes, specially when it is a "conversation" involving several people that where not following the issue carefully, it is better for them to see the original text intact. What I do sometimes is that I leave the original untouched, at the bottom, and copy the small section I'm going to answer above. Long mails are not a problem in that environment: attachements are. In fact, if I trim the text, quoting, I usually warn that I'm doing so: many people get lost, some even tell you to stop doing that. I have been doing that for years, but it is new stuff for them. So... I adapt :-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson