E-Mail Quoting...

Hans, I beg to differ on opinions on e-mail quoting. I really dislike having to scroll past all of the stuff I have already read, or even scan through a mix of old and new. To be honest I dislike the whole use of e-mails for "conversations". I would much rather have the ability to organize the information into something USEFUL. If the ability existed to simply post a link to the previous mail that would be helpful. If we were allowed things other than just text [although I completely understand the reasons for keeping this pure text] I would encapsulate the previous messages[s]. They should be there for reference, in most cases they have alrady been read. I offered to provide a site where the information could be better organized and crosslinked, but there was opposition for a number of people here. Perhaps I look at information a bit differently than some others. I would like the ability to track a given topic without seeing repeat information [regardless of how it is quoted], handle the information in topical, originator and time based fashions. Just my thoughts.... David.