I agree, and its also simply netiquette, (indeed the word "netiquette" wastes bandwidth as the "n" is redundant, its all simply good manners.

You giys & gals using windows on the desktop should try the Becky! mailer. You have to choose which bits you want to quote and make a conscious choice to include them in a reply!

(BTW Simon, I'd say hi, but the list may flame me for private messages LOL)

> Also its not so much the number of bytes sent, but the readability of the
> messages. If you have to wade through screenfulls of quoted garbage just
> to find one line of real message at the top or the bottom, its a waste of
> everybodies time...(and repetedly quoting and re-quoting the ADSL mailing
> list by-line at the bottom is just plain lazy)
>
> Regards,
> Simon
> (minimalist quoter :)

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Nick Rout
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PO Box 25-275
Christchurch, NZ
nick@rout.co.nz
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