Patrick Wiseman wrote:
In my view, prefix is acceptable only on the first reply, and only if the reply-er is confident there won't be any further replies. Otherwise, when someone comes in in the middle of a conversation, it's very hard to figure out what's going on.On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Larry Smith wrote:Please tell me what the last comment in this chain (end of message) is all about?[...]*************** What's this all about ???Please use postfix quoting format: your reply goes below the material cited. Trim your quotes appropriately and ensure your attributions are accurate.Well, in my view, the first bit (postfix, don't prefix) is optional; the second bit (quote what's relevant and attribute accurately) is not. fwiw Patrick
To Larry, Karsten's (I believe - I longer have that message) comment means: 1) that you should put your replies below the text to which you're replying2) Don't include an entire quote if trimming it down to only the relevant parts is sufficient
3) Try to make sure the quotes are "bylined".Karsten is not trying to be rude; he just seems that way sometimes ;-) Rather, he's trying to encourage good list netiquette so it makes it easier on everyone who's trying to follow the thread. If you had sent email in HTML, I'm sure he would have added that also; Only post messages using plain text.
Kent