On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Brian Z Jones wrote:
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> I disagree. I figure, you know what you sent me, you want to see what
> I'm saying in reply first.
This fails on three counts.
1. I have no idea what I sent you. I send dozens and dozens of e-mails
each day. There is no way I can remember what I sent you.
2. I receive hundreds of e-mails each day. If I can't work out what you're
talking about within a few seconds, then I lose interest and move on.
3. On mailing lists, I usually didn't write the original message, and so
there is no way I can remember "what I wrote".
> [...] as your reply may get lost as I scroll on down, so I guess I just
> like things my own way.
If you are using a mail client which highlights text based on the ">"
nesting level, you won't miss a thing.
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