In both cases it's all about sloth. Too lazy to discriminate what's important and what to leave out. On 1/6, Robert H. Baucom: > Many times I have to go to the SENT mail box to > find out what we were talking about. > > On Jan 5, Eric Smith wrote: > > Too much cutting risks losing important context. > > I think it's better to keep the context.... > >> On Jan 5, Roxylee wrote: >>> It would be ever so lovely if everyone refrained from requoting > >> whole letters and the ensuing string of replies when posting.