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[Florian Gamböck]

On 2018-05-13 16:12, tech-lists wrote:
> basically, people quote back way too much. This is the issue. Most 
> email apps allow threaded mail, so very little need to quote whole 
> screeds.

My rule of thumb is usually, I quote as much text as is needed so that 
my reply makes sense without searching older mails. While you are right 
that many mail clients *can* display threaded mail in a nice manner, 
definitely not all clients actually *do* so, or are configured so by 
default. So I do not make assumptions if my communication partner does 
look at the same happy little tree of messages that I am.

I usually won't quote complete paragraphs or even full messages if 
possible. But just a single "Do you agree with me?" as a quote from a 
pretty long, ongoing conversation is way too less IMHO.

But after all, it all depends on personal preference. If I had an 
electronic conversation with someone who said that they get confused by 
my way of quoting, then I would respect that and imitate their way. 
Maybe after the discussion, or in person if applicable, I would bring it 
up again and see if I can at least implant some idea to them, but I have 
long given up to convince someone to change their style they use for 
years.

-- 
Flo