quoting in messages

[Steve Jones]

> I know this is a little nit-picky but I noticed when I'm quickly going
>
> through mail, I always delete your messages because I can't tell the
> difference between your inserted comments and your copied message.
> This is unfortunate since I think you have good things to say, even if
>
> you work for the enemy. :)

Pardon me, I'm having a little trouble following this
thread (which, I suppose, is the point 8^).

I don't understand the trouble.  Why doesn't David just
follow the nested '>' convention?

[Please don't flame us on this.  David contributes a lot
to this list; we'd like to straighten this out]

stevej