I concur with Jeff's opinion expressed here; as busy as I am and the fact that often I am charged with doing the first 'run-through' on the messages it has at times been extremely helpful and expedient that a reply can readily be cross referenced to the original message. I would encourage those responding to a particular message to delete any portion of the original message that does not relate to their response. By deleting the unrelated portion time is saved without penalizing those who find the referenced portion helpful. Best Regards, Lisa Carper > > As for copying previous messages, sometimes this is needed so that >people can see the reply in context with the original message. Certainly if >a new message has no tie with a prior message the prior should be deleted, >but netiquette suggests the copy method be used. > > Thus endth my 02 cents. >Jeff Jones >[log in to unmask] > > --