Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca> writes:
> On a mailing list, perhaps one can argue that the conventions simply have to
> be followed. But I know I find it pretty annoying to get 36 lines of quoted
> text followed by something like, "No: see the manual, section x.y.z."
Indeed, and that's why another one of the critical commandments is
"Thou shalt trim thy quotations".
regards, tom lane