[TR] Triumphs Digest, Vol 8, Issue 212

[Jeremiah]

I actually prefer to keep the entire history in the responses.  That way I can just keep the most recent email and get the whole conversation in one place.  Also, storage is cheap, time is not.

On Aug 16, 2015 1:32 PM, Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Keith -
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> I agree that it would often good to be rid of all the prior conversations but some email handlers do not show them even though they are still there. 
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> As a result, the excess is hidden when an email is received and still hidden when a response is sent.  I'm not disagreeing with you - but noting that in some environments it isn't a perceived problem.
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> Not all email hosts do this but Gmail does and it is one of the most common choices these days.  Yes, there is a work-around to delete priors on Gmail and probably some preference changes that would eliminate them from all sent messages but that may not be what some people want as their default.
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> Geo
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> On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Keith Stewart <keithstewart at bell.net> wrote:
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>> Wow - the first post in Triumphs Digest, Vol 8, Issue 212,  "1. grab bar" must set a new record for unedited, redundant responses. I thought it was huge yesterday with all the consecutive footer listings but even that one has been added to. Can’t we be a little more discriminating and edit our responses to remove redundant material? It makes reading the Forum that much easier and consequently more enjoyable.
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>> Keith Stewart
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