On 2008-04-19, Jay Somerset wrote:
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:48:40 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:
Do you really have to quote a hundred lines of previous text for a four line
answer?
Gee. Guess that's what happens when one tries to keep the enough
context in a thread so that someone who comes into the discussion
without having seen all the earlier posts can understand the issues.

Usenet etiquette has, for at least two decades, been to trim away what
you're not commenting on, keeping just enough text to make your answer
comprehensible.

There are folks around here who refuse to trim at all. I use a 43-line
terminal window to read Usenet with, and when it's full of stuff quoted 7
layers deep, I just hit N and go to the next message.

Posting like that just gives ammunition to those who argue that people
should adopt the equally abhorrent practice of top-posting.

If someone wants context, they can use the "read parent article" function of
their newsreader.
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