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Re: request

Karl,

Jim: some of us are on multiple listserves, and are able to get the gist
of the reply by looking at the other messages. It is a waste of *our* time
to hunt for the message that is being responded to, just as it is a waste
of *your* time to sort through it again.

Jim didn't suggest dispensing with quotes altogether. He just asked
that people avoid quoting parts that are unnecessary, parts that *noone*
needs to see repeated.

I would also note that, however difficult it is for you to hunt for a
previous message, it is probably _more_ difficult to hunt for one when
receiving the digest format. So I don't think there are conflicting
needs here.

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--James McLean
jmclean@chem.ucsd.edu
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UC San Diego, Chemistry