Thanks for the history lesson on a word, I think.
In the groups that I participate in, there are some who edit their replies every time, some who edit only when the tail gets obnoxiously long, and the vast majority who just top post and ignore everything below. A few reply without any historical context which is another problem.
For the most part, unless they are using an email client on a computer with a full kb and mouse I think it is a too much to expect any editing. Don't fully trust automation although converting html to plain text, and then deleting extra cr-lf's would go a long way.
Scott Bonacker CPA ¨C McCullough and Associates LLC ¨C Springfield, MO
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From: Shal Farley
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[email protected]Subject: Re: [GMF] Asking members to trim trailing quotes, versus automation
[note: I tried to change the subject of Xaun Loc's post while pending, but ran in to a bug. Apparently editing a plain text post while pending causes it to collapse into one wrapped paragraph.]
Xaun Loc,
> And the point of my reply was that expecting software to overcome the > enormous variety of email formats and universally determine what is > and isn't a quote is asking for a level of Artificial Intelligence > that far exceeds what can be reliably accomplished.
That point was far from evident from your initial terse reply. Be that as it may I will concede that coping with all the variations that exist and will crop up will be an ongoing challenge for the software developer.
