Hey, some of you, cut it out!--God damn it, please

[David Casseres]

Foax!

Do not, I repeat, do not, please, pay any attention to the gravely 
misguided person whom I have quoted below.  When replying to a message in 
a public forum, it is absolutely necessary to quote enough of what you're 
answering so that people can pick up the context.  Mr. Krafft has 
obviously not been on the net long enough to have experienced trying to 
sort out what is going on when they read something that just sez "Well I 
suppose you're right, but on the other hand, what about that Osbie Feel, 
eh?"

>Set your e-mail programs _not_ to quote the messages you reply to, please.
>It's getting boring, and it's driving me up the wall.  We don't need 
>to read the whole post again, much less the nested series of exchanges 
>we've just finished reading anyway.  Even attaching the message you're 
>replying to to the end of your reply is silly.  Especially in the digest,
>the real messages get pretty hard to find sometimes.  Have some mercy,
>please, and mind the entropy.  
>
>And please begin by resisting any smartassed impulse to quote this message in
>reply.
>
>jmk
>
>John M. Krafft, English                  | Miami University--Hamilton
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Cheers,
David