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> I think "pine" is the culprit. I've never used this mailer, but
> watched someone else use it once and was horrified to see that it
> dumps you into the editor with the full message you are replying to
> message. This results in posts such as you describe by default

For those with Pine (I post this liberally as it originates from Univ of
Washington), you can cut the text down using Control-K, but you have to
do so on a line-by-line basis. This can get somewhat tedious for long
messages, and I tend to cut off my own signature at times, but it helps.

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Ray Korpi "If you accept the forms they give you,
Wk: Clark College you're doomed to your own ultimate blandness."
Vancouver, WA --Johnny Rotten
Hm: Portland, OR
address: rkorpi at clark.edu