Re: Pre-Xy

["J. R. Fox" jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

Patricia M Godfrey wrote:
. . .

> Then one gets the message in plain text, followed by the same message,
> all gussied up with HTML code. Furthermore, most of any messages quoted
> in the post in question get gussied up too (Not Carl's, Robert's, or
> mine, but Jordan's did).

Patricia,

As I mentioned in an early post, most of the formatted / quoted stuff I included
was for demonstration purposes. Some of the rest was just sloth or haste. I'll
gladly refrain from this in future, to the fullest extent I can.

>     And while we're on the subject, do all these mail readers compel one to
> copy the whole text of the message?

I doubt it.

> Because when A sends a post, B
> replies to A, C replies to B, and so through 5 or 6 iterations, EVERY one
> of the posts in the chain gets repeated (complete with HTML code), which
> makes for bulky transmissions and tedious reading.

I take your point, and for that reason I generally try to  liberally,
quoting just the minimum necessary to retain some context, esp. for those who may
not have been following a particular thread. I've noticed that you tend to omit
*all* quotation in your posts, which might be going a bit too spartan, leaving some
readers wondering about just what's being replied to, in some cases.

Jordan