On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 'Mike' wrote:

... but are some newsreader programmes incapable of snipping the dross
which has gone before? Or is it just the subscribers?

No, it's the subscribers. But even that is preferable, because one can
see what is quoted and what is new text, to those who put all their
message below the tear line where everything comes out as a uniform
grey.

Come on, Mike, learn to control your own newsreader, there's a good
chap. :-)

With my *very* best wishes, David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
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