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Date:         Tue, 5 Mar 2013 07:50:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Trimming replys to posts
Comments: To: "D.A.Simmons" <dasvwdriver@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <1362433898.58374.YahooMailNeo@web121001.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On 3/4/2013 4:51 PM, D.A.Simmons wrote:
> if when you respond to someone's post you
> delete all in the quoted text except the germane part of the body of
> text being addressed.


It tends to go hand-in-hand with top posting, which some clueless
Internet newcomer companies (Microsoft/Google), pretty much force on
their users. People hit reply and type an answer without ever seeing the
mass of cruft they're sending, because they're too lazy to scroll.
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