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From: dimitrov@csd2.UUCP (Isaac Dimitrovsky)
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Subject: Re: Hello?  Is anybody out there?
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Date: Fri, 3-May-85 11:24:00 EDT
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> However, at least allow me to suggest that you cut down on the
> amount of quoted material

I agree 100% with this suggestion. It seems to me that the purpose
of quotes should be to establish that someone actually said something,
not to repeat the entire context of a discussion. If you feel that
you have to give some context, you can summarize instead of quoting.
*Then*, if someone denies having said something, you can bop him or
her over the head with the quote. I am sure that people on 300 baud
or hard copy terminals don't appreciate having to wade through two
screens of quotes to get a four-line comment.

Isaac Dimitrovsky