list quoting policy?

[Gerlich, Rene]

hi eric,

> What I really hope is NOT okay is the practise of quoting 
> every single 
> email in the entire thread in their entirety.  In Vol 4, 
> Issue 6, there 
> was a reply by Rene Gerlich that was a total of 391 lines long, of 
> which a whopping 24 were original.

no offense taken! and i agree 100% with your point!

>  I don't have anything 
> against Rene 
> personally, and I'm sure he's a fine person.
you bet he is ;-)

> But when 94% of your 
> email is quoted text, I think it's fair to consider that you aren't 
> trimming your quotes.  It's very tedious to scroll though all that 
> reply text, at first wondering if there are any comments in 
> there worth 
> reading, and then just wishing it were over.
i promise i'll do better in the future and trim my replies. it's not meant
as an excuse, but this is the first time i actually use a mailing list.

i'm sorry for everyones hassle!

cheers and have a good weekend

rene