>>> Could someone explain to me why most respondees to postings insist on
>>> repeating the whole of the original text?
I mentioned this days ago.
In our last episode <6hcljm$k3r$1@nswpull.telstra.net> on Sun, 19 Apr 1998
20:54:39 +1000, tezza told aus.rail:
>I suppose, it's cause they're too lazy to delete it :-)
You would know, after the recent performance.
>Seriously, sometimes it's relevant, sometimes i't's not, but it's not as bad
>here as in other NG's where each post can be 10 or 12k as they don't delete
>anything.
Let's not offer more ideas...
Most keyboards that I know of have a "Backspace" and "Delete" keys.
Deleting excess, useless text from messages which is not referred to makes
messages far easier to read. It also reduces the file size (bytes) of the
messages. Let's not forget that a number of ISPs charge people for the
amount they download, and many people have to budget how much they can
download in a billing period.
Reducing the size of usenet messages does everyone a favour.