Not a bad reminder for us all. I try to remember to do this, but don't always remember. Even for top posting, with is arguably:
1. Not the way it used to be done, and not the way purists want it to be done, and 2. The way, right, wrong or indifferent, that most mail clients handle things, and 3. The absolute BEST way to reply to a message if the reader will be on a Treo (how many teeny little screens do YOU want to scroll through before getting to the message. It's a good idea to trim the original text to the bare minimum. My habit, learned from a long-time friend on another email group, is to trim out the parts that are not relevant (especially all that advertising at the bottom) and replace it with "...snip..." to be clear that something was taken out. "'To each his own,' said the farmer as he kissed the pig." Cheers, Don ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blumstein Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Treo] Posting: A plea Salutations, ...snip... Can y'all please, please, please, trim your responses to posts? I get the digest and sometimes have to wade through lots of text to move to the next mail. (Even non-digest readers will have longer downloads and fuller mail boxes without trimming). ...snip... Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
