> As > laziness tends to be the trend, especially for me <g>, many messages > require scrolling down dozens of lines before you can see what's new. If > the quoted text defaulted to the last 5 or so lines of the message this > would be less of a problem. I mean the original message is right there in > the map for referral if needed. Sign me in. In countries with bad phone lines, in conditions of having monthly limits of internet mail... I'd damn like to see quotes shorter. If I'm the only one with this wish, forget it. On the BBS who became my ISP there is a tradition of quoting just a couple of lines, and anyone who writes more than a screenful, begins with "sorry for the sheet" (the form of the word which means bed sheet, linnen).