Please consult http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee/BEE-L/ for our rules before
posting to BEE-L  -- and especially before replying to BEE-L articles if you are
not familiar with our guidelines.

In particular, BEE-L guidelines *prohibit* quoting material from previous
articles unless it is *absolutely* necessary to understanding subsequent
statements made in the current post and/or  part of an interlaced dialogue or
rebuttal, or the article in question is not recent.

The reason for this prohibition is immediately obvious to anyone who visits our
archives and who attempts research there (an activity that is highly
recommended).  Quoted material results in bogus redundant 'hits' and confuses
searches.  There is actually normally no need whatsoever to quote material,
since all previous articles are available in threaded form in the archive.

Unfortunately, most email software automatically includes the entire original
article, including signature -- and sometimes headers -- in each reply.  While
few people would bother to type all that material into their reply, few also
seem to take the time to delete it or trim it to one or two lines.  Of those who
do trim the quotes, many seem to leave far more than is actually relevant or
meaningful.  The result -- if it is not rejected -- is a huge volume of
redundant and confusing material going into our archive.

Although there has been some latitude permitted on this point in the past and
there surely will be in the future, lately, I have simply been deleting many
such submissions without comment and without notice -- other than this one note.
Other moderators may choose to act differently.  We are independent and don't
always agree, but if you wish to be certain to have your comments reach BEE-L
and be read, please avoid -- or drastically minimize -- quotes in your
submissions.

allen
A BEE-L janitor