Excessive Quoting

[Richard Gaskin]

Chipp Walters wrote:

> I'd much rather see the contents of the new post at the very top for a
> couple of reasons. The main one is that sometimes I'm using a PDA to read
> these at it only grabs the first 2K of any message. You then have to 'mark
> it for download' to read the rest, which can be a lengthy (and expensive)
> ordeal.
> 
> The second is that IMO, it's easier to read the response first, then if I
> see there's interesting info, I'll dig deeper. For instance, say you have a
> long set of posts:
...
> and Post 4 is "thanks, I didn't know that" -- it takes longer to read, and
> there's no added value.

Good reasons not to post "me too's' or "thanks!" messages -- I usually send
mine directly to the author.

As for the 2k, I hold that's a good reason to keep snipping to a minimum. ;)

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