On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 03:23:00PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:

Seriously, guys, can you please trim your citations? Include only what's
absolutely needed for what you're saying right now!

+1

Additionally, when trimming replies, can you please leave a proper

  On <date / time>, <sende> wrote:

line before the quote? It helps to identify who said what in a quote,
and it serves a much better purpose than leaving the 'Dear So-and-so'
intact.

Seeing the following tells me who you were speaking to, not who was
actually speaking:

quoted

Dear Sourav Poddar,

quoted

Dear Marek Vasut,

Particularly, it seems like Marek's and Huang's mailers tend to leave
the attribution line off.

Thanks,
Brian