>>
>> ---
>> Since you post lacking context, no matter how hard Google tries to
>> learn you Google-groupers into posting properly...
>>
>> From:
>>
>>
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12348&topic=250
>>
>>
>> "Summarize what you're following up.
>>
>> When you click "Reply" under "show options" to follow up an existing
>> article, Google Groups includes the full article in quotes, with the
>> cursor at the top of the article. Tempting though it is to just start
>> typing your message, please STOP and do two things first.
>> Look at the quoted text and remove parts that are irrelevant.
>> Then, go to the BOTTOM of the article and start typing there.
>> Doing this makes it much easier for your readers to get through your
>> post. They'll have a reminder of the relevant text before your
>> comment, but won't have to re-read the entire article.
>> And if your reply appears on a site before the original article does,
>> they'll get the gist of what you're talking about."
>>
>> While you got the part about bottom-posting right, you seem to have a
>> proclivity to snipping so severely that the context of the article is
>> lost, obfuscating what preceded your reply and forcing someone who
>> might not have been following the thread acutely to have to backtrack
>> into the header data in order to see what you're responding to.
>>
>> Not that it makes much difference since most of your thrashing about,
>> trying to keep your head above water, is best left ignored, but a word
>> to the wise should be sufficient.
>> ---
>>
>>> Just don't mention my name. They might not have a sense of humor.
>>> Use one of the names of your sock puppets.
>Good luck.
