cutting down the extraneous traffic

["Marty Modell" <ir001264@mindspring.com>]

This list generates a lot of meaningful and though-provoking 
discussion... however I would like to make a request of the 
membership.

Please ensure that you are not generating duplicate messages.  I am 
getting two and for some reason sometimes three copies of the same 
messages.

Please make sure that your remarks are readable... that is 
distinguish what you are saying from those of the message you are 
replyng to.

Please put your remarks up top.  When there are 60 and 70 messages in 
the queue, it is disturbing to have to read to the end of a message 
to find the reply.

Please limit the amount of the original message you include to that 
which is relevant to your reply.  We all get the same messages there 
is no reason to repat the whole item.  Edit judiciously - please.

Thank you
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Marty Modell                     e-mail: ir001264@mindspring.com 
      http://www.mindspring.com/~ir001264/Home.htm         
                  author of 
      A Professional's Guide to Systems Analysis
         Second Edition - McGraw Hill - 1996