On Wednesday, April 04, 2007 5:07 PM Glen Lipka <> said:

> The worst thing ever??  Come on.  Have you tried Microsoft Bob?

When it comes to email yes.

[snip irrelevant stuff]

> Or should I have said that here?

The first time I read your email I missed this part. :/

> On a serious note, I think it totally depends on the mail reader. 

>From a personal perspective yes, but I think you should consider
thinking bigger than that. Think of the children!

> For example, I use Gmail.  I tag everything from the group with a
> label and archive it.  (Using a filter).  Gmail happens to be really
> good at keeping the thread together and I never delete anything.  I
> literally have the entire thread on the screen.  Its almost like a
> forum with no pagination (pagination-yuck).     

> I would venture to say that this is a touchy issue.  Everyone has a
> view on it, usually based on the view of their mail client. ;)

Agreed.

> So is there an ettiquette rule to follow here on 1. What to delete
> when replying (if any) and 2. Where to post? (top or bottom) 

For the list? Probably not. For lists in general. I think so. Bottom
posting while removing irrelevant parts. Just like I've done. But if you
choose to post at the top or not snip at all I think that's far better
than removing everything and leaving only your reply.



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Chris.
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