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Hi,

This is a group, not a forum.

Many members (most?) access this group using the email
function. With that function, messages are emailed to
the member, and display on the member's computer in the
order in which the gods of the internet allowed them to
traverse the internet.... But, not necessarily in the
order in which they appear in the groups.io database.

Further, most members that use the email option, delete,
or move, posts that they have read from their inboxes.

As a result, each message, with a given subject line, has
to be able to stand on its own, or it is just noise.

To help others understand what you are writing about, it
is beneficial to quote some of the post you are addressing.

I see from your email headers, that you posted using the
groups.io website interface to the group.... but alas, with
no quotes...

If you look at the response window on the web interface,
you will see a dialog bubble with a (") in the middle.

If you click on that bubble, the entire message from the
post you are replying to will be pasted into the editor
screen as quoted text.

Trim out any quoted text that doesn't apply to your reply,
but leave enough so that others can tell what you are
replying/commenting to/on, then write your response.

I prefer for the new message to come before the quoted text.

If I can't see your message on the first screen of your
post I prejudge it as not being worth reading and delete
it.

Others prefer scrolling through pages and pages of quoted
text before reading your message... I don't understand that
preference, but then I am not required to.

If you trim out most of the quoted text, it really doesn't
matter which (top post, bottom post) you do, as it will be
mostly on one screen.

Because many new members do not follow the conventions of
this group, it is common for mis-attributions to occur.

This group does not allow attachments. Someone thought
you wanted to attach something, and politely informed that
you can't.

I am sure it wasn't meant to ruffle your feathers...

Usually when you think someone is disrespecting you, it is
best to assume a communication error is happening, and to
let it pass. We have lots of folks from lots of different
cultures, and native languages, here, so 99% of the time you
will be right in that assumption.

-Chuck Harris

vaclav_sal via Groups.Io wrote: