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> HUW et al-- > > I do not know about others, but I have been receiving emails with many many > pages of badly formatted prior messages in the message stream. I have, for > example, not been able to find the content in either of your prior messages > and have had the same difficulty with others. Yes, it's not pretty. > [...] > > I have been unable to find a general solution to this issue. The method I'm using here is the most effective I've come across (it works well for technical content). It's rare to need to quote a context stack of 5+ , and the previous emails exist in the trail. > All messages > are posted at xmca for later reading, so it seems that restricting the > message trail in current messages would not restrict access. > > Might we, by convention, delete all but prior messages or does this cause > difficulties. Provided the relevant snippets are kept I've found it to work well, though I'm happy to adopt any conventions that aren't too draconian. The ellipses "[...]" works as a polite way to indicate you've chopped text out of someone's response that isn't relevant to your response. Huw > > Lots of fascinating ideas streaming through xmca! > > mike __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca