On Sb, 20 sep 14, 09:58:22, softwatt wrote: > Why is quoting always needed? Other readers might be missing previous messages (network delays, deleted it, etc.), but want to jump in now. Without any context they would be unable or could provide answers for a different question. > Mail clients know which mail is a reply to which. This is also not guaranteed, since mail clients handle threading differently (if implemented at all), depending on their (mis)features and configuration. I'm advocating that each message should be as much as possible self-contained, but not longer. In practice this means you should keep enough context so that your message can be read on its own, but delete everything else. Keeping the correct order of conversation makes it also easier to read and will increase your audience. Further reading: http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Hope this explains, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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