DP0N@CMU-CS-A.ARPA (08/09/85)
From: Don.Provan@CMU-CS-A Could people PLEASE stop quoting the entire message they're replying to? We've already READ the message. If you can't make your comments coherent without making us read the entire message again, please don't make comments. I don't know why I'm bothering, since we just had a flame about this recently and there's been no decrease. Use your head. Sometimes, quoting the reply helps, like when your making a point by point reply, as in the last issue. But usually a point by point reply isn't warrented either. Let's keep the volume down!
ayers@convexs.UUCP (08/14/85)
/* Written 11:56 am Aug 9, 1985 by DP0N@CMU-CS-A.ARPA in convexs:net.sf-lovers */ /* ---------- "quoting past messages" ---------- */ Could people PLEASE stop quoting the entire message they're replying to? We've already READ the message...Let's keep the volume down! /* End of text from convexs:net.sf-lovers */ True, the entire message is seldom needed. HOWEVER (the dreaded "however"), I don't know what system you're on, but I often get the replies before (WAY before) the message. If a person is going to "waste his time" wading through all this trash on the net, it's nice to know what the holy hell people are talking about... The bastards just won't let you live... blues, II