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* On 21-01-02 at 14:40 
* Thomas Hurst said....

> * Dave Price ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 05:25:56PM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> > > Where it's merely inconsiderate to not trim quotations when replying
> > > ordinarily, when replying to a blind user it becomes outright rude.
> 
> > Learn to use your screenreader better, and teach it to ignore or skip
> > over quote chars at the start of a new line.
> 
> That would still leave you with a truckload of repeated and mostly
> irrelevent cruft, and not only for someone using a screenreader.
> 
> Being able to skip quotes is no excuse not to trim them; not caring
> whether people will simply ignore your message because it appears to
> have no content isn't either.

How do you tell if you are sending to a blind user?
I'm very poor sighted and as a result there are many things I wish
people did that they don't that would make my life easier. However, if
we spend all our time worrying about every minority
problem/consideration we'll never get *anything* done :)

> 
> Perhaps mutt should demand confirmation for sending messages with more
> than 80% quoting..

Nah, people gotta choose how they do thier stuff.

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Nick Wilson

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