[pct-l] Re: Replying via the pct-l Digest

[griffin at u.washington.edu (Tom Griffin)]

I would like to second Cupcake's advice about NOT using the reply function
if you are replying to a post within the pct-l digest. We have recently had
several posts that included the entire contents of previous pct-l digests.
Not only is this a waste of bandwidth, but often the new messages that end
up after that long post are passed over by bored or irritated readers.

Tom Griffin
Seattle

PCT pages at http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/pct.html

> From: "John Brennan" <john@frozenpoodle.com>
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:23:46 -0700
> Subject: [pct-l] PCT-L Digest
> 
> The PCT-L digest is a great service.  One of the responsibilities I take
> when replying to a post in a digest is to trim the digest so that only the
> content related to my post is included.  Since I find it embarrassing to
> post the whole digest to the list in one of my replies, I don't hit Reply
> when replying to a post in the digest.  Instead, I start a new email,
> pasting just the material I want to reply to.  It takes a little extra
> effort on my part, but since I often compose my posts in several sittings,
> or in a hurry, starting my reply in a new email eliminates the added step of
> remembering whether I have trimmed the digest or not.
> 
> If you don't know about the digest: It groups the emails from this list so
> my inbox just gets one or two PCT-L emails in a day.  If you want to find
> out more, log on at: http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l, then
> scroll down to see the digest Subscription Option.\
> 
> John B., the hiker formerly known as Cupcake