On Jun 19, 11:59*am, msg wrote:
BDK wrote:

snip

I do use a real newsreader, but I don't keep the threads going back far
enough for what the poster is talking about after a certain point. If I
want to see them, I can, but I don't really want the hassle. Posting the
whole deal is easier. And unless someone is on dialup, what's the point
of cutting a hundred lines or so of post?

What's the use? Good netiquette, and less recursion, less waste of screen
real estate, and less repetitive motion (kbd, mouse). *Proper snipping
and inclusion of quotations with interleaved new text makes for better
comprehension. *I'm with the O.P. on this; sometimes I will skip a message
if it includes all of the previous messages in the thread as a quotation.

- A general rule of thumb is that a message should include all of the
- necessary references by quotation to be intelligible and no more.
-
- Michael

"The General" Rules :
Thumbs Can Be Broken
and therefore - so can rules ~ RHF