When long quotes are necessary, they can often be placed at the bottom rather than at the top of the message. Selective quoting is strongly encouraged. In some parts of the world people have to pay by the byte. So please try to keep messages short. Messages with extraneous characters and poor formatting that are difficult to read may be rejected but more tolerance for poor formatting is given to infrequent posters.
Some attention is given to posting frequency.
Submissions are encouraged from those who have posted infrequently. It is best to include your remarks in your message rather than adding them as an attachment since many subscribers do not use mailers that automatically decode. As moderators, we are reluctant to accept encoded messages. If you have a long message which you think is important for subscribers and which can not be hyperlinked directly, we will try to work with you to get it into our archives. Not only are flames unacceptable, but submissions may not be accepted if a moderator feels that a message tends to be baiting or provoking someone from another side of an issue.