[WinMac] Re: Endangered species?

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:42:57 -0500

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        I'll answer inline for clarity :)

At 11:34 AM 3/23/99 EST, Robert James wrote:
>List,
>
>I second Carl's emotion about quoted text. I personally have no
>problem simply looking through the quoted text for pertinent
>information. Most of the time, it seems the complaint is about
>scrolling through several lines of quoted text at the top of the
>message to get to a two-line reply at the bottom. I've suggested to
>Marc that we simply put the quoted text at the BOTTOM, so the reader
>can see the reply first, and if they need a reference, they can
>scroll down to the quotes. This post is an example of that. C how
>ya like it.

        Personally, I like to insert as needed, especially if it involves replying
to a multiple question post.
  
>> John,
>>
>> [..snip..] I answer emails for a living and I hate when customers
>> don't include previous information or only include what they believe is
>> important ... causing me to have to search my email archives to find
>> pertinent data that sometimes wasn't important until later in the email
>> conversation. Oh, and if they change the subject text ... ouch! ... then
>> I can't even find the original emails sometimes.
>>
>> This is not a complaint, just a comment to help you see the other side of
>> the coin. [..snip..]
>>
>> Carl
>>

        This takes a bit more effort, but it's worth it for clarity and allowing
others to easily contribute as well.

        Cheers!
        Dan

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