Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:36:41 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Different subject now, you have been warned!
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Ted White wrote:

> But it's dead easy to ... excise those parts you don't want to
> quote, and to lop off the old signature line -- and any advertising,
> on other lists....

I agree.  I urge everyone to trim quoted text, and keep only enough
to establish context.  Nobody wants to see the same lengthy message
several times in one day.

A good rule of thumb is to quote only what you would quote if it
*wasn't* automatic, but you had to type it all in again.

Remember, there are nearly fifty people reading this list.  Plus an
unknown number of others reading it the future via the archives.  It's
better for the one sender to make a little effort than for them to
expect fifty readers to each make a little effort.  Thanks.