[78-L] Oops!

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Tue Jul 7 21:31:49 PDT 2009


Steven C. Barr wrote:
> 
>> (2) Please quote SOME part of the original message! There are too many 
>> one-line
>> messages showing up that refer to long-deleted or forgotten topics, most 
>> of
>> them rather nasty in tone. dl
>>
> BUT...there is NO need to re-post the entire original message, which we have
> presumably already seen! Simply use "Edit" and "Copy" to put into your post
> the RELEVANT line(s) in the original you are answering or commenting
> upon...?!
> 
> ...stevenc 
> 
No, but I was referring to e-mails which contain an answer to .. who knows 
what? As StevenC says, don't quote the whole thing, but as I say, please quote 
SOMETHING. A message which says something like "He's back" and has no frame of 
reference is just going to be deleted immediately.

dl




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