Paul Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 8/21/2006 12:56, Russ Hunt wrote:
>> While I have a lot of sympathy with being strict about rules, I
>> find that simply putting a size limit on postings does a good
>> deal toward limiting excessive quoting (and those repeated
>> bottom banners).  Most of my subscribers aren't especially
>> sophisticated about lists and quoting, and don't actually
>> _notice_ that they've included all the messages in the strand
>> below their text, because they don't _look_ below their text.
>> It doesn't take long, though, before the message exceeds 150 or
>> 200 lines and they can't post it.
>>
>
> Yet another reason why top-posting should be banned.

Allow me to take this discussion as an opportunity to push a free little 
software program that I just could not do without  (for Outlook Express 
users):

OE-Quotefix
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/



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