[Elecraft] Reminder: Edit out copied text in your replies

[Thomas M. Beaudry]

Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote:
> Lately we've noticed a number of replies to the list with a large amount of
> copied text from the previous email included.
> 
> When replying to emails on the list, please remember to edit down the 
> copied
> text to the minimum needed to retain context. One or two sentences for 
> the original post are usually sufficient. This keeps the list and archive
> volume down and makes everything much more readable.
> 
> *** Don't forget to delete the list footer message too or you will have
> multiple copies of it in your reply.
> 
> 73 from your friendly Elecraft list manager
> Eric  WA6HHQ

Let me add one more suggestion.  Add a "-- " (dash-dash-space) as the 
first line of your signature.  This is an old Unix standard recognized 
by many email clients.  It allows for the automatic discarding of that 
portion of the email when replying.

-- 
Thomas M. Beaudry
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