James Mills <prolo...@shortcircuit.net.au> writes:

> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> > *Please* don't re-post his crap.
>
> Opps sorry :) I have never really known what to do with big-huge-long
> posts ? :)

Trim them to a representative sample. Or summarise, if there's no such
sample in the original. And, in either case, show that you've done so
with the editorial use of square brackets around your summary or
ellipsis.

> Won't happen again!

Thanks.

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