jsm@hardynet.com wrote:
: I know I'll probably catch some flack over this but here goes. Lately
: I've noticed, what seems to me, an increase in the size of some
: replies. Can anyone explain why it takes 50, 100, or more than 200
: lines of quoted text, that covers five, six, seven or more messages,
: to leave a one or two line response? Then to top it off (no pun
: intended) the response is top posted so nobody has any idea what the
: responder is replying to. Or why is it necessary to have a eight line,
: or longer, signature file that adds absolutely nothing to the message?
: Please take the time to read the recently posted message from Jon on
: mailing list etiquette. Let's show a little consideration for those
: that get the digest form and also make it easier for everyone to
: follow what you're responding to. After all isn't that what the list
: is all about? I will now return to my lurking mode and await all the
: hate mail.
I have to agree. I admit, being on the newsgroup version of the list,
it hasn't really affected me so I haven't really noticed, but after it
was brought up, I have noticed how much I seem to have to delete when
replying to a post. This is a minor inconvenience for me, but can
be a major one for the digest users.
I'd like to agree with Steve's post and request that everyone please
try to make an effort to trim the non-relevant portions of the posts you
are replying to. (And while I'm at it, replying at the bottom of a
message as I'm doing here, is greatly preferred to "top posting",
because it makes a conversation much easier to follow as the topic
grows.)
Thanks!!
---Jon-
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