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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Fj De Bruin [FDB] wrote:

FDB> Instead of using the dogma 'top quoting is always hideous', I
FDB> judge a message on its understandability. I find that, especially
FDB> in longer threads, in-line quoting leads to an abundance of
FDB> subthreads inside the messages. A top-quoted summary can help to
FDB> seperate distractions from the main topic and to refocus the
FDB> discussion.

I've been in similar situations. The way I deal with that is to pick
as contextual and as concise a text block from the original message to
quote and then below that, give my complete answer. There's no in-line
quoting done and I bring the main topic back into focus. :)

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