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A large percentage of the contents of the archives are not useful anyway. 
In a perfect world, folks would distill the useful information created via 
the list and store it in a repository like the Audifans KB ... I know, it 
takes extra time, but it does provide a considerable benefit over simple 
archives.  Some poeple do provide a considerable service to the audifans 
community by doing this.

To my mind it makes very little sense to retain a narrative form in follow 
on postings ... this is not a forum, so most people should already have read 
the initial message to which the reply is made ... the only reason for 
including anything is to retain the context relative to the reply.  If 
someone wanted to see the thread they can get it from the archives.

While I deeply and truly appreciate everything Dan does to provide the 
hardware & facilities that house the list, seeing statements like "the 
resource that is provided to you at no cost" obliges me to reply.  I have no 
idea what the net expenses are for maintaining the list, but I do know that 
there are folks in the community who try to do their part by returning some 
payment to Dan for the service (e.g. Brandon Rogers on the T-shirt GP). 
Furthermore, there are folks who provide their time to maintain the list. 
My point is that the audifans is a community ... no doubt facilitated by the 
work Dan provides ... but it is much more than just that ...

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> I was polite, and provided justification to a REMINDER of rules, not
> a rule change.  I've asked you to respect (follow) the rules here,
> not personally agree with them.  I'm not going to debate the issue
> further; if you respect the site and the resource that is provided to
> you at no cost, you'll heed the request.