SNIP THE QUOTED TEXT PLEASE!

[Alan Pope]

On 13 June 2011 08:03, Douglas Saylor <absdoug at gmail.com> wrote:
> BTW, isn't trimming IN the guidelines?
>

It doesn't explicitly say one should trim, it probably should.

http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists

"Tailor your reply to fit the text which you are replying to. Do not
quote the whole of the previous email - remove any unnecessary text.
To avoid confusion, it's often a good idea to replace removed text
with a brief indication that something has been removed, like [snip]."

Al.