This is really solved in two ways. First the person doing the replying needs to be aware and make the effort to removed the unnecessary text from the previous messages. The second is anyone reading the message when posted need simply not read into the "endless prior emails". In other words just ignore all that other stuff. As has been stated it is helpful when ready replys to have the original message included. Ernie -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Michael S. Caldwell" <mscaldwell@optonline.net> > Dear Hayden List: > > I'm thinking now that some of you are just hitting "reply" from an existing > message instead of composing a brand-new e.mail message, and that is the reason > that all the prior text from endless prior e.mails keeps coming through. Some of > you may have your e.mail programs set up to include the original message, which > is often useful, but when it results in this endless rehashing of the same > messages (plus all the endless instructions on how to subscribe and unsubscribe > repeated ad nauseum -- sheesh!) it just gets so freakin' tedious that I'm about > to disembark from this list. Does anyone else feel this way? >