I disagree.  When an useful answer is given, I can save that one message and
have all the required information.  Also, because many postings are never
answered to the LIST, it would be a nuisance to have to save every
interesting question in the hope that it may get answered.

On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Martha McConaghy wrote:

> I've noticed lately that quite a few notes to the ADSM list also include
> the text from the note being answered.  In some cases, its getting out of
> hand.  A note posted to the list yesterday contained over 500 lines, most
> of which were the text of the previous notes already posted to the list.
> I realize some e-mail software does this automatically.  However, I'm
> requesting that you either turn this feature off, or have the courtesy
> of deleting the text before you send the note.  I'm sure everyone on the
> list will be grateful to you for taking the trouble.  Thanks.
>
> Martha McConaghy - ADSM-L list owner
>