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[Stephen Barncard]

Yes, you are quite right and we have to remind folks once in a while 
that multiple levels of quoting  is not only unnecessary on a 
listserv, it is annoying, especially on digests. This habit probably 
comes from the old office habit of multi-level-quoting personal 
emails, but has no place here, unless it helps to make a point.



>Hi from Paris,


>they include ALL of their previous exchanges in each mail - 
>sometimes indenting to the seventh and even eighth level. This 
>includes their logos, their personal mail addresses, their telephone 
>numbers, and their life history, sometimes generating more than 200 
>lines of repeated text, for an earth-shatteringl 1 line message, 
>such as "Yeah - this is so much fun when it works  !"
>
>Think about the others who have to plough through this rubbish to 
>get to the next message. Select WITH DISCRIMINATION, the text that 
>you think should be repeated.
>And never forget, with a single keystroke on your computer, you can 
>send an ENORMOUS amount of b******t !
>
>'Nuff Said !
>
>-Francis

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stephen barncard
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