Martin. While some judicious editing in removal of a long thread of messages may be desireable in most cases when responding there are times when people simply forget to do so. When that thread of messages follows the last response it is a simple matter of reading the response and ignoring the rest that you know you have already seen. I note that you neglected to remove the long thread of messages that prompted your message before responding so you had the chance to see them again when you received your own post. That being said I would suggest that all listers, when responding to messages on the list, please edit out earlier posts leaving at most only the latest post in your response. As I have indicated before, if you have a complaint regarding the CCC list I ask that you send that complaint directly to me -- off list. Thank you. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Potter" <mhpotter@iosphere.net> To: <CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 1:23 PM Subject: [CCC] Lack of editting - OT Why is it necessary for every posting on a subject to contain every previous posting in that same thread?? I subscribe in digest mode and receive the same old postings repeated numerous times every day with each new posting on the subject. ... Martin Potter