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Subject: Re: MT VOID, 10/25/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 17, Whole Number 2351
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:03:58 -0400
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On 10/27/24 4:02 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> 
> But then I still believe that text in a reply should only be quoted to
> establish context, and should appear before, not after, the response
> to it, so what do I know?  Anyone who has read much recent email knows
> that *every* word of a message being replied to should be quoted,
> and should be quoted *after* the reply. 
I often get a one-line response to the MT VOID that I email, but it is 
usually *before* the hundreds of lines of quoted text, i.e., the entire 
MT VOID, so I don't have to scroll down all the way.

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