From: rrllff@yahoo.com   
      
   On Thursday, February 6, 2014 5:14:48 PM UTC-5, Skywise wrote:   
   > I realize this isn't totally your fault as it seems to   
   > be the way Google Groups messages are formatted, but....   
   >   
   > A lot of posts are a couple hundred lines of quoted   
   > text with only a few lines in reply.   
   >   
   > Could you please trim off everything except the relevant   
   > part to which you are replying? It's not a bandwidth   
   > thing but an eyesore.   
   >   
   > Further, apparently Google is messing up the quoting   
   > levels part anyway. Most of many deeply threaded posts   
   > are filled will large swaths of nothing but...   
      
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   > So, could you please trim this off since it's not needed?   
   >   
   > And finally, could you please use the return/enter key   
   > after about 80 characters or so on a line? It seems you   
   > are relying on the word wrap in the window of your browser   
   > but when the message is posted, it's posted as one great   
   > long line that tends to go off the right side of the   
   > screen by several feet.   
   >   
   > BTW, anyone else notice that all Google messages are posted   
   > as having line counts of exactly 100 no matter how many   
   > lines there really are in the message?   
   >   
   > "Do no evil"... my ass!   
   >   
   > Brian   
      
   I completely agree with you.  However, almost   
   anyone who uses google groups knows about this   
   problem.  It started after they "upgraded" the   
   interface.  It seems that since then they have   
   fixed no bugs.   
      
   I wouldn't quite call it evil, but it's damn   
   annoying.  I still use google groups because I   
   haven't yet discovered a better alternative.  I   
   access Usenet from many different computers and   
   like the direct web access.  In addition, having to format every message   
   tempers my posts and gives me   
   time to better think about what I am writing.  Just like the good old days of   
   pen and paper.   
      
   http://www.richardfisher.com   
      
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