Subj : Quoting vs. comment linking
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Nov 09 2018 11:07 am


 On 2018 Nov 08 23:35:16, you wrote to me:

 ml>> i see that you also cut out your quoted response...

 BF> I've always tried to trim the quoted text down to a bare minimum.

right... no problem with that but don't cut out part in the middle that is 
relevant...

 BF> You may not be aware of it, but most people find it hard to read ugly
 BF> quoted text with just one single line added to it.

i am quite aware of it...

 BF> This is why we have comment linking in 21st century FTN software, for
 BF> those that are interested enough to actually follow the discussion
 BF> backwards.

that helps but not all software in use today has that capability... YYMV...

)\/(ark

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