On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:27:16AM -0500, Chad C. Walstrom wrote: > I think it's time for a reminder... NOISE:LINE ratio is getting high > as a direct result of this type of post. CUT OUT TEXT THAT IS NOT > RELAVENT! This poster made a one-line reply to a multi-line post and > included the entire post to do so. THIS IS A WASTE! Hear, hear! > Please be considerate people. This previous poster is not the only > offender... Since the unedited posts seem to be of the 'comment at the top and quote everything below' form, I assumed they were coming from MS mail clients. Then I checked the headers of one at random and saw that it was sent with mutt. *sigh* Tip for those using a vi-based mail editor: If you're going to just comment at the top, hit d} before saving/sending. It will delete everything until the next blank line; for quoted text, each line starts with >, which makes it non-blank. Two keystrokes will wipe out the entire quoted-but-unreferenced message. -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+