When you cite someone else's message to which you are responding, could you
please either
 --abstract it.  "In response to Kelly Brown's comment about the term
'secretarial salaries' being a target for exclusion in NIH R01 awards...."
or
 --abbreviate it.  Leave in the header, a topic sentence, or brief
critical information, edit the bulk of it out and mark that area with  "[Text
removed]" or some other appropriate indicator.

There are of course exceptions, but it sure is more efficient if you don't
cite the entire lengthy message.  Three responses to a given thread, each
re-citing the original, multiply the amount of lines with which each of us
must contend by an unnecessary 300%.  If you use the subject line carefully,
and then BRIEFLY reference what you are responding to, we'll all follow along
fine...saves each of us time, and saves a lot of space on the Internet.  (If
you get the messages in the DIGESTed format, it is even easier to follow.)

//csw
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Celia S. Walker
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