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Re: [trinity-users] Re: Mailquotes

From: Dan Youngquist <dan@...>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 11:18:31 -0800
On 09/16/2020 10:10 AM, William Morder via trinity-users wrote:

> My problem is always, where to start revising or cutting what others have said.

It's very simple, really:  Just include the minimum necessary to let readers
know what you're replying to, and maintain continuity in the thread.
Usually that's no more than a few lines, and rarely more than one level of
quotes.

> And when the original topic (say, about installing Icecat) suddenly veers into 
> philosophy and politics and Big Brother, etc., this really ought to be turned 
> into a completely new, separate thread.

Speaking of which, let's try to keep this on topic, which is endless levels
of untrimmed quotes followed by a very short reply.

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