Peter Seiler said:
Mike Bourke - 11.11.2005 14:22 :
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Mike, is it really useful and necessary reposting mostly with full
quotings - in this case over 200! quoting lines again? Everybody may
read back the thread.
Knowing how much to snip is a black art that I have yet to master. When in
doubt, my principle is to leave it all. Your presumption ("everybody may
read back the thread") is not necessarily valid, however - There have been
cases where for whatever reason not every server gets and/or retains every
message posted to a newsgroup. You can check every day and still find holes.
Not that that in any way justifies complete quoting of every past message in
a thread, I hasten to add.
Mike