Major Clock Drift

[Matthew Valites]

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It's not so much a recommendation from Derek as an accepted procedure 
outlined in RFC 1855 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html).

Relevant parts:

    - If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
      summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
      enough text of the original to give a context.  This will make
      sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
      Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the
      postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a
      response to a message before seeing the original.  Giving context
      helps everyone.  But do not include the entire original!

Obviously wether you choose to follow it or not is of your own doing.  
There are some of us on the list that would appreciate it though. 

Thanks,
~Matt