On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to do my part to reduce clutter in the archives by trimming out > unneeded previous posts in a thread when I make a reply. > Since I've started using gmail, however, I can't figure out how to do > this. I can hilight the portion that I want to remove, but when I go to > windows edit, the "cut" function is not active. > I can't find any gmail function that looks promising. Can some > knowledgeable gmail user tutor me a little? > > Thanks, > Larry A.
What *I* don't like about gmail is this: -you can't drag-select a bunch of messages for trashing -you can't type part of a reply, then go back to the original posting to check it... this will delete your reply -it encourages top-posting (it often refuses to allow bottom-replies)
-- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada <goose1047@gmail.com> |
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