"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Is the answer to have a posting, plus replies, each of which only
contains
it's own text?

No, because other users may miss the original post. It's usual for
threads to have multiple participants coming and going at different
times and broadening the original topic. Posters need to indicate which
later contribution they are responding to.

Janet.


Is it not possible, perhaps with a particular newsreader, to have a root
message, and it's replies, posted/delivered only once? I can appreciate that
various servers disseminate posts in a disimilar speed, but the duplication
of traffic is horrendous - thinks "search for alternative newsreader".

thanks to all for comments and info - back to my boy's tomatoes !!

regards, mbb