Re: condensing quotes
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: condensing quotes
- From: S* A* O*
- Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 13:42:18 -0700
At 01:07 PM 4/6/01 -0700, barbara sargent wrote:
>This may have been suggested before but I wonder if everyone would be
>willing to just snip the relevant part of a post that they're answering
Barbara -
This is a good suggestion. I am sure that people don't intentionally
retain voluminous original message in their replies, but it does make for a
nicer response if these are edited to the pertinent lines.
I use Eudora as my mailer, which makes it easy to achieve this, as shown in
my selection of your post above. Before I hit the 'reply' button, I
highlight the text that I am answering. This is the only text included in
my response. People using other types of mailers probably have some
similar way to make it easy for themselves - its worth a bit of research to
learn a way that is easy and logical to use.
If you choose not to include original text in your response, please try and
state what topic or to whom you are responding, so we all can understand
the context of your post.
Sorry to belabor tedious 'rules' and 'etiquette', but consideration of
these does keep this group the positive and informative resource it is today.
Thanks,
Sean O.
h o r t u l u s a p t u s - 'a garden suited to its purpose'
Seán A. O'Hara fax (707) 667-1173 sean.ohara@groupmail.com
710 Jean Street, Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
