[Hallicrafters] Strip off the previous

[Carl]

If Glen prefers the top, I'll post at the bottom(-;

Actually I really dont care and do both.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; "TC Dailey" <daileyservices at qwest.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Strip off the previous


>A lot of replies cease to have any meaning at all if the message to which 
>the reply is made is completely stripped.  Now repeating all of the 
>messages before that message is another thing.
>
> Editing the message to which the reply is made to reference only the 
> topics to which you are replying makes much more sense.  That is, when the 
> reply is only to a specific portion of the message then the remainder of 
> that message can be deleted without losing any intelligence.  But, just to 
> delete all of the message can result in considerable confusion.
>
> As for top or bottom replies:  Frankly, I MUCH prefer a top reply because 
> the new information is presented first.  If the reader needs clarification 
> then he/she can continue to the "old" message.  Often, there is no need to 
> clarify the new message and the reader does not have to "wade through" 
> previous messages to understand the information.  But, if there is a 
> question about what has been "said" in the past, then keeping the portion 
> of the message to which the reply has been made makes perfect sense.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>
>
> --- On Sun, 7/10/11, TC Dailey <daileyservices at qwest.net> wrote:
>
> astounding - THREE of you did exactly as I said NOT to do.... oh well.
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