[TheForge] Deleting excess from emails

[JERRY FROST]

Morning guys. I've been subscribed to theforge list since the mid 80s I THINK when I stumbled into a conversation between Chris Ray and someone else regarding treadle hammers. The list Mom at that time and pretty much  non-stop since has been trying to get members to "trim the tail" (delete all the headers, footers and past messages.) 

The list OS has always had trouble with message length and all the wasted bandwidth. I don't think anybody will ever get people to do any more than absolutely necessary. I know it's true on the forum I normally hang out on, people sometimes quote entire threads just to say cool, or I agree. 

Frankly there is NO excuse for not trimming the junk, If you can not edit or "Cut and Paste" the bit relevant to your reply then read the directions for your phone! Of course there isn't much to be done with folk too lazy to bother. 

And, NO this is from a laptop, I use my Iphone to talk to people.

Sorry about the rant, Frosty.

----- Original Message -----
 Deleting excess from emails


> Dave,
>
> I think using the phone for emails is the problem.  I know that I can't
> seem to edit emails,on my android, to remove excess.  Phones don't work
> well for so many things.
>
> Walt
>