* Kelly J. Morris
Patrick - My personal preference is to trim quotes.
Appreciated. *Was* a standard expectation, but then there was aol, and the masses followed.
Since 1995, I subscribe to 35 or 40 lists and am List Owner of 3. To my surprise, I've found that lots of folks object to trimming quotes.
Of course there are those who object to the posted speed limits, parliamentary procedure, courtesy, ......
There are a number of reasons that they give, but the primary one is that it makes it more difficult for someone to "jump in" in the middle of a discussion and at the same time stay on-topic and avoid repetition.
Probably, they should have a good handle on the thread or shouldn't be jumping in. No reason for the majority who follow the list to have to suffer because someone else cannot be bothered.
I don't agree, but I see their POV, especially if their e-mail client does not thread messages effectively.
I also do not agree, but I do *not* see their POV.
For example, I use Evolution but it only allows threading based on responses to a particular message, rather than threading based on "subject." So, I turned threading off in Evolution. PMMail for OS/2 Warp, however, has a terrific threading function, in addition to being a better all-around e-mail client than Evolution.
change to mutt.
So, if trimming quotes is "de rigeur" on this list, I'll gladly trim.
Don't know about "de rigeur" for *any* list, but common courtesy for *all* lists. http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
Wish I could trim myself as easily as I can trim a message but that's another story ...
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