On 5/19/2014 9:02 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > I'ts not really a bad thing in the context of 1<->1 messages and > business communications where you are interested enough to not need > the reply put in context for you but might want the audit-trail of the > whole previous conversation for reference. > > But mail list messages go to a lot of people who have only a passing > interest and unless they are a participant in the thread, may not have > seen it before to understand the context - or they may have found it > in an archive, looking for the same answers. So, it you want anyone > to pay attention, the message has to make sense on its own with > irrelevant cruft removed and the new parts place in the correct > context. > > Anyway, defaults only matter if you don't understand how to move your > cursor before typing. +1 (actually lets say +100 just for that last line!) -- Steve L.