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   Evelyn C. Leeper to Keith F. Lynch   
   Re: MT VOID, 10/25/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 17   
   28 Oct 24 13:03:58   
   
   From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/27/24 4:02 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >   
   > But then I still believe that text in a reply should only be quoted to   
   > establish context, and should appear before, not after, the response   
   > to it, so what do I know?  Anyone who has read much recent email knows   
   > that *every* word of a message being replied to should be quoted,   
   > and should be quoted *after* the reply.   
   I often get a one-line response to the MT VOID that I email, but it is   
   usually *before* the hundreds of lines of quoted text, i.e., the entire   
   MT VOID, so I don't have to scroll down all the way.   
      
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