I agree whole heartedly. I have a correspondent that never quotes the previous message. Many times I have to go to the SENT mail box to find out what we were talking about. RHB On Jan 5, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > It's a judgment call. Too much cutting risks losing important > context. Sometimes it's better to quote the entire message, > other times it's not necessary. In general I think it's > better to keep the context, unless the reply really only > addresses a specific point. > > Eric S. > > Roxylee wrote: >> It would be ever so lovely if everyone refrained from requoting >> whole letters and the ensuing string of replies when posting. >> Instead, would you please cut and paste only the necessary parts >> Thank you kindly. :-)_______________________________________________ >> G4 mailing list >> G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4