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Re: A Plea for Brevity

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From: Bob Goldberg
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1986 14:52
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In article <861018063639.282231@DOCKMASTER.ARPA>, TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA writes:
> I know this will probably fall on deaf ears (or blind eyes):  I surely
> would appreciate it if people did *NOT* include copies of what they are
> replying to in their replies -- messages full of >>'s etc.  are hard to
> read, several times longer than they need to be, and clog up the net.
> Just because you have a mail system that with the touch of a finger will
> copy the original message and surround it with funny marks is no excuse
> for exercising that option.  And by the second or third time around its
> only stupid.
> 

	I agree that unproperly edited messages do, in fact, slow
things down a bit, but there is one MAJOR problem.
My system does not always recieve EVERY posting. it may get lost in
the cracks somewhere, or who knows what....
in any case, many postings do not have a parent posting that
was sent down the net successfully. A short summary helps in those
cases.

				Bob Goldberg
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From: bobg@paladin.UUCP (Bob Goldberg)
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Subject: Re: A Plea for Brevity
Message-ID: <36@paladin.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Oct-86 10:52:21 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 21 10:52:21 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Oct-86 22:36:49 EDT
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Organization: PC Distributing Inc., Northbrook  IL
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Summary: an argument against brevity