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ADMIN: Please trim quoted material
2002-01-16
Andrew Kuchling
ADMIN: Please trim quoted material
Andrew Kuchling
2002-01-16
Most messages to this list that are written in response to a question
include the complete body of the original message at the end.
Please don't do this.

Instead, trim down the quoted material and quote only what's necessary
(in particular, there's no need to quote the original writer's
signature or the mailing list's footer), and put your response *below*
the quoted text.  It should look something like this:

===============
[email protected] wrote:
>Hi!
>Can anyone tell me what SU-8 is?

Sure. SU-8 is ...
===============

Here are some reasons why you should do it this way:

       * This is the usual mailing list convention for quoting
previous postings.  For more information on mailing list etiquette,
read the Mailing List Etiquette FAQ at
http://www.gweep.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html .

       * It's more readable, because the question is immediately
followed by the text of the response, so the reader doesn't have to
scroll down.  Excessive quoted material is also making the digested
version of the list almost unreadable, because you have to hunt for
the original content among multiple copies of the original text.

       * It also makes it easier to search the Web archive,
because the same material isn't being quoted multiple times.
Currently a search on Google for "SU-8" might find several
pages that only match because they're quoting the same original
posting.

Thanks for your attention.

--
A.M. Kuchling                     [email protected]
Technical Staff, MEMS Exchange    Tel.: (703) 262-5368 x5374

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