A86: ADMIN: everyone please do read!
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A86: ADMIN: everyone please do read!
Having just plowed through a response that was equal parts useful exchange
and garbage repeats, I suppose it's time to make this an official
reminder.
Folks, the Delete key is your friend. It is *not* necessary to repeat
every single word of a posting that you reply to, PARTICULARLY not all 8
to 10 sig lines of the previous writer. *MOST ESPECIALLY*, do not
re-transmit any MIME or HTML coding that may have been part of a message.
The concept of 'snipping' out irrelevant or superfluous bits of messages
is not considered rude; quite the opposite, it's considered very good
manners to not force everyone to re-read a message for the n-th time
before they actually get to the part where you're adding anything new.
Just as it's always best to think before you speak, editing (and overall
reviewing of) outgoing messages helps you to not embarrass yourself. As
always, courtesy and respect are the desired watchwords.
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