gee...i hope you feel better now!
----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: [AMRadio] How to reply to someone else's post > Users of this reflector need to review the proper etiquette for responding > to other people's messages. > > I subscribe to the digest versions of all the mail groups I participate > in; > otherwise I would literally have to sort through hundreds of e-mail > messages > every day. One thing that annoys me TO NO END is scrolling through the > messages and seeing the same original message repeated again and again, > sometimes dozens of times. The same would still be true if I received > each > posting as a separate e-mail message, maybe even more so. > > Not only is it annoying to have to download the same text over and over > again, it loads down the server with unnecessary bandwidth. > > It is a very simple matter, when responding to a message, to go through > and > delete everything in the original message except those lines that are > pertinent to the comments you make in your reply. Sometimes, messages are > laden not only with the complete verbatim text of the most recent > reference > including all the headers and signatures, but often the full text/headers > of > the preceding Re:'s and Re:Re's. It becomes difficult to sort out exactly > what the new message has to say because the text of the current posting is > well hidden between the lines of all the unnecessary repetitive garbage. > > Please, when replying to someone else's posting, have a little > consideration for those who will have to sort through all the repetitive > text to find out what you just typed. If your posting includes the text > of > the original message at all, go through, highlight and delete everything > that does not directly relate to your reply. > > Don k4kyv > _______________________________________________________________ > > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. > > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.3/2076 - Release Date: 04/23/09 06:30:00 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2380 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
