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Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 08:45:03 -0500
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 >>>At 23:53 03/19/2000 Sunday , Adam Bailey wrote:
 >>>>On 3/19/00 10:41 PM, Ingrid Shafer <[log in to unmask]> wrote...
 >>>>
 >>>>>I have been trying to convince our subscribers not to quote the messages to
 >>>>>which they are responding.
 >>>>
 >>>>Any particular reason?

no ;-)

Well, yes.  No one really likes a long series of cascaded replies.  Also, a SUBJECT: line with RE: and the original subject text is often ALL that is required in many respones.

 >>>>
 >>>>>One of the subscibers insists that "AOL *still* tags the whole email to the
 >>>>>end of one's reply.  And no, there is NO setting change available.
 >>Moreover,
 >>>>>it doesn't show in the reply box, so the writer can't highlight and
 >delete."
 >>>>>Is this true?
 >>>>
 >>>>No, it's not true. AOL will only quote if you select the text and click
 >>>>Reply.
 >>>>
 >>>>
 >>>>--
 >>>>Adam Bailey    | Chicago, Illinois
 >>>>[log in to unmask] | Finger/Web for PGP
 >>>>[log in to unmask] | http://www.lull.org/adam/
 >>>End Reply
 >>End Reply
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