Aleksi wrote:

# Conrad enlightens us:
# 
# > Please follow the standard newsgroup posting convention of 
# > quoting the previously posted material that you are 
# > referring to *before*  you refer to it.
# 
# And it would not hurt (Conrad either) to trim down the part you're 
really
# referring or answering to. I guess this is common convention too. Please
# straighten me if I'm deviating.

That's correct, although IMHO many people tend to trim out too much of the 
surrounding context of what they are referring to, which also make things 
more difficult to follow.

Conrad Schneiker
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