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Date:         Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:18:00 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Trimming replies/$$ content
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.... Ditto to all that has been "encouraged" regarding this topic.With practical/financial consideration in my own case:

... I have wireless service via Verizon. I get "charged" for all the downloads I retrieve. What that means is that if people aren't trimming replies, I get charged for useless and especially REDUNDANT drivel that is already in the thread and more importantly, in the vanagon.com archives.

I need every nickel I can get to spend on my van ... which is in the shop as I write, getting a new clutch.

bob

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:22 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > > PLEASE!!!!!!! >> >> Trim the replies. >> > > >> > It means to trim off those parts of the message you're replying to > that are not necessary to establish continuity. A decent rule of > thumb is to leave no more of the original message than twice as much > as your own contribution. > >


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