Excessive quoting

Wendy Milner (wendy@wendy.cnd.hp.com)
Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:55:29 MST

In the recent discussion on limited distance, there seems to be
a rash of folks who quote entire messages, responses and responses
to responses before adding a line or two of their own. Additionally,
the quoting is not set off from their own response. Overall, it's
getting hard to read, particularly in the digest.

Please quote only a few lines. Set off the quoted material with
> at the beginning of each line. The > is the usual manner of
quoting, but if you have another way that is equally distinctive,
go ahead and use it.

Just a friendly reminder,

--
Wendy


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