Arguably trimming too much information is due to the people in question not showing good judgement about what bits to remove, rather than a problem with the technique in the first place. I personally would rather see something like *this* message where the not-directly-relevant bits have been dropped so that it's easier to see the flow of the discussion. (Although I'd argue that writing below the quoted bits makes it easier to catch up on a thread that you haven't been following--but it's also less convenient for people on mobile devices that have to scan through a long message.) While we're on the topic of emails, Bart/Don it looks like your email clients are not indenting or otherwise indicating which sections are quoted. I suspect this is default Outlook behaviour (it can be changed), but it does make it a lot more difficult to break up a message and reply to it in sections without resorting to things like prefixing with initials or using different colours for different people. On the other hand, multiple levels of indentation become problematic on mobile devices with limited screen size. The choice of tool influences which writing style is easiest to use and most clear to the recipient. Chris On 1/17/2019 12:35 PM, Penney, Don wrote:
I'd agree with Bart. There have been many cases (not necessarily on this discussion list) where folks reply and truncate threads and remove all history and context from it, leaving an unintelligible message that can only make sense if you then go and read a dozen other truncated messages, in the correct order. I don't see how this leads to a "better record"
-----Original Message----- From: Wensley, Barton [mailto:Barton.Wensley@windriver.com]
Personally, I find it difficult to track conversations where the message has been "trimmed" (I am tempted to use other more descriptive words but I won't). I'd prefer to see the whole context of the conversation without having to track back through several messages in the history.
-----Original Message----- From: Dean Troyer [mailto:dtroyer@gmail.com]
The top reasons most messages get caught in moderation are:
1) message too big - we have a limit of 60K on message size. I am aware that the majority of subscribers use a mail client that encourages top-posting and that leads to not trimming messages, in this environment that makes conversations over multiple messages hard to follow. Trimming unnecessary quoting in messages makes for a better record of conversations, and will ensure that you are not delayed by the size limit.