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From: flee@dictionopolis.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Why can't I include more?
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Date: 12 Oct 90 18:20:25 GMT
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When I was using "rn", I had HIDELINE set so that I never saw any
quoted text.

News was still perfectly understandable.  (Well, as understandable as
it ever is.)

Quoted text is greatly overused.  The Subject and maybe a line or two
of context are usually enough.  If a person reading an article wants
more, modern newsreaders make it simple to follow back References.
(This assumes that your news server keeps news around long enough; but
note, the less quoted text, the more news you can keep.)
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Felix Lee	flee@cs.psu.edu