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Date:	Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:40:41 PDT7
From:	<blairra@tstonramp.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: massive overkill on quoting

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** Reply to message from "Info 4 SYNass" on Sat, 6 Sep 2003
11:24:02 PDT7

> I cannot and do not count the the previous quotes ie. if I am the the
> last one replying:
> Why shall I erase all / some previous valued responses from others ???
> It's not my obligation nor my right to delete appreciated previous
> answers and input !!!

So that the message does not get very big.

> By its principle "quote above text" does not need any scrolling, right !?
> One just needs to read from "top to toe" as needed, right !?

Not as I see it. Your reply is at the top. The previous reply is at the
bottom and the first persons message is in the middle. So to read the message
logically you need to skip from the top of the message to the middle of the
message and then read it middle to bottom then go to the top and read down
until you get to the first message that was posted.

> Where is the prblem here ? None !?

See above why it is a problem.

> How and what can and shall I do ???

Do as I do and many others on this mailing list. Delete the text that does not
have anything to do with your reply. Write you reply after the text of the
other person message/reply. This then is much easier to read, you start at the
top and read to the bottom.

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