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

Tom, W6WW [email protected]
Mon May 26 08:38:00 2003


Just testing your -- trick.
--
73,
Tom, W6WW
K2 #3453

> 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
> k8la / ys1ztm
> [email protected]
> k2 3422
>
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