Stardate 060203.11:52 -0500. A subspace message from Laurent Daudelin reads:
1. It's logical. It shows the flow from message to response.
Historical note: RFC 1855 (which is what these rules are based on) grew out of the inherent patchiness in UseNet NNTP propagation -- no-one could guarantee that all messages within a particular thread would reach all servers and all recipients, so the practice of quoting started. This way, if a thread message went AWOL (as they often did, and still do) subsequent messages would still contain relevant content, thus most thread followers would not miss out on stuff.
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