On Fri, 7 Jun 2013, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: David Morris <dwm@xxxxxxxxx> > > > I've wondered for some time whether the reported bytes is the whole > > message I send included context quotes, or if there is an attempt by > > the summary logic to factor out quoted content. > > I think it's a _feature_ to count the included content, so that people who > (often recursively) top-post on long prior messages, instead of editing down > to just the bit(s) they are replying to, have some negative feedback for that > (irritating) habit. For now, I'm just trying to confirm my impression of the data. Folks who don't make a case/case choice as to inline/top and removing chaff and unneeded context probably aren't going to care where they stand on the total byte count issue.