If you get the digest, I imagine it can get real bad. ( Like it does over on the community list, getting some posts repeated 10-15 times in a single digest, each one adding another line of quotes ) . It's not so bad getting messages one-by-one, but you have a valid point.
I have nothing wrong with quoting posts, but I like it a lot better if you trim the quoted parts to the relevant information that you are responding to. ;) At 07:50 PM 01/14/2002 -0800, you wrote: >I do have an issue though that I would like to surface. > >The culture of this list is such that everyone quotes everyone else's >previous messages. That makes this list hard hard hard to follow sometimes. >I think it would work a lot better if we all worked to quote only the >minimum from the previous messages to help focus our responses. Of course >this is only my opinion, but it would make me more likely to contribute and >read all the posts where now I have to search for key phrases to find >anything. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Fax / Phone: 860-223-7946 -- DotComIt: Database Driven Web Data My Book: Instant ColdFusion 5 | http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My New Book: ColdFusion: A Beginner's Guide February 2002 -- Far Cry Fly, Alternative Folk Rock http://www.farcryfly.com | http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
