On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 09:05 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:
However, forcing your correspondents to wade through an interminable wall of text that regurgitates the previous thread before getting to the point of the message arguably interferes with proper understanding no less than top-posting does.
There is absolutely no need to include irrelevant text when replying to a posting. Trim and Cut were sensible skills acquired by some of us in the 1980's and 1990's. Pertinent points pleases people perpetually.