Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:37:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Jim Stevenson <jims AT eos DOT arc DOT nasa DOT gov>
Message-Id: <200011011837.eA1IbIt23614@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
To: bartlett AT smart DOT net, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: difficulty reading quotes with speech
Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com

Hi.

I appreciate your posts, and find them valuable.

This suggestion refers only to single topic replies.

Those of us who read e-mail with speech want to get to the new information,
with as little time as possible waisted listening to quotes which we have 
already heard several times. 

A fall back strategy is to dump the speech buffer, go to the end of the post, 
and search back for the last > and listen from there.
When some people are so eager to include everything, that they put their 
new comments between the quoted stuff and the quoted tag lines and footers,
even this last resort is defeated.

I am not against all quoting,
but it is often much too long or mostly superfluous.

This is not a personal attack, but a constructive suggestion toward making 
the list easier reading  and more helpful to all.

Thanks much for your consideration.

If you quote me, please put your comments first.
I have already listened to my questions.

Thanks.