<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 16, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Brian Lee wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I don't read every single message so I<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">frequently read every 10th as a sort of digest version of the list.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hi Brian, </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You are begging the question: If you don't read all the messages, then why suggest policy on message presentation! : )</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have seen, in the past few weeks in particular, some really, really mangled postings. The text colors didn't coordinate, font changes, top and bottom and insert remarks within the same text body, and in a worst case scenario, someone sent an email that left Samantha's .sig at the bottom, and it was obviously not an email from Samantha. I couldn't make head nor tail of it, and know I wouldn't be too thrilled with people basically signing my name to their emails.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I think that not including the entire quote is valid in a medium like a<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">bulletin board, but for listservs it's acceptable to have the entire<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">previous post included in your quote.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>But I am only responding specifically to these two points of your email. How better to convey my point than to address your points directly, one at a time? The entire message in some of these threads is many pages. If I am asking a question about paragraph 3, I should not be expected to send all 3 pages in return, should I ?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Anyhow, just my two cents!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks,</DIV><DIV>Bret K.</DIV></BODY></HTML>