[pct-l] Bad List Manners

[dude at fastmail.ca (dude)]

Bill - I think I see what you are saying now.  perhaps you are saying 
that your problem could be easily avoided if people do not copy the 
previous email *when* the previous email happens to be the whole 
digest.  I can completely see how a digest within a digest (or a few 
digests within a digest) would be very frustrating.  Now that I 
understand what you are saying better, that sounds very reasonable to 
expect.

so listers...  if you reply to a digest, cut everything out from the 
previous email except the part you are responding to.

peace,
dude


> Dude:
> 
> Maybe I wasn't clear, but I did not intend to suggest that any
> "relevant" portions of the previous message be deleted.  Just
> delete what is not necessary to understand your response.
> 
> Try getting the messages in digest form and then you will see the
> problem. The advantage is that you only get a couple of mailings
> per day from the list, each containing from a few to 25 messages.
> 
> The problem is when you receive a digest with many messages that
> includes an entire previous digest copied as an attachment to
> someone's reply.  It is extremely difficult to cull through the
> copied stuff to try to even find the actual current messages to
> read.  Even the numbering system does little good since the
> numbers are repeated in the copied junk.  One can't exercise the
> simple "delete" option because that dumps the whole digest that
> you are trying to read.
> 
> Plus the sheer "weight" of copying lots of irrelevant information
> into an email is kind of rude.  I'm not trying to start a flame,
> just asking that responders be sensitive to these issues.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bill
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dude [mailto:dude@fastmail.ca]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:36 PM
>> To: bill@woward.com
>> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bad List Manners
>> 
>> I would agree that replying with an enormous trail of emails
>> dragging at the end of your reply is not very useful.
>> 
>> However, I disagree that one should always remove the previous
>> message when replying because it helps put the comments in
>> perspective.  For instance, if someone just replies and says "Oh
>> yeah... I find that very useful.  I would recommend that to
>> anyone.",
> 

_________________________________________________________________
    http://fastmail.ca/ - Fast Secure Web Email for Canadians