Reminder - please delete excess quoted text

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Dear list members,

 

This is a reminder once again to all members to please, please,

please, PLEASE delete excess quoted text from your replies. In the

past I just flatly rejected messages which contained excess quoted

text with a note to resubmit after deleting the excess. For some

strange reason, members would then refuse to resubmit in many cases,

resulting in overall decrease in list volume. As a result, I have now

taken it upon myself to edit the messages containing excess quoted

text. But when I do this, people take advantage and do not remember

to make the edits themselves.

 

Really, how difficult is it to copy-cut-delete 20 lines of text after

hitting the "reply" button? Most of us are using windows-based

operating systems, after all. Please be considerate to the moderator

and edit postings before submission.

 

Another reminder - when posting messages which are forwarded from

other forums or private communications, please append a short

sentence at the beginning stating that you had the original author's

permission to forward it to Achintya. There are historical reasons

why this policy is in place, and I will usually just take your word

for it.

 

And please, do not interpret the above requests as any sort of

discouragement from posting. Please post profusely, but just be

mindful of the rules for posting. These are mailed to all members

once a month.

 

yours,

 

- K