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Subject:Re: Enough already! From:Peter Montgomery <MONTGOMERY -at- CAMINS -dot- CAMOSUN -dot- BC -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 3 Jun 1993 16:29:39 -0700
Thus spake Richard elGurutm Howland-Bolton <reh1 -at- CORNELL -dot- EDU>
R>Matthew B. Hicks mathelode:
>>and don't quote my message back at me--I know what I wrote.
R>That does need a response, and to the list too.
R>Some of us get LOTS of mail from many lists and individuals often with
R>multiple concurrent threads. Judicious quoting can be a great saver of time
R>and puzzlement. What one should avoid (software volente) is the wholesale
R>regurgitation of vast and unreadable messages.
R>rh-b
My sediments exactly.
Peter
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