johnf wrote: > On Tuesday 28 April 2009 12:24:55 am Uwe Grauer wrote: >> johnf wrote: >>> Is there a intelligent way of stopping "excessive quoting removed by >>> server" errors. It must be very frustrating to new user of the list. >> Are you willing to vote to be the one who teaches new people how to use >> the "excessive quoting removed by server" feature? >> >> I guess you could even get a list "dabo-testmail" for teaching. ;-) >> >> Uwe > > Before we throw out the baby with the bath water. Let's discuss what is > possible. Sometime ago I had suggested a welcome letter. Maybe, we could > include info on what is expected from list users in the welcome letter. Is > there something that can be done at the server level? Maybe a return email > to the poster explaining cause of the error.
Yes, there's a welcome email sent to all new list users. It is just a file at the mailman level... > Yet as I suggested earlier this has to be very frustrating to new users. It > seems that even veterans of the list make the mistake of the not formatting > correctly. And suddenly there is an error on the list that waste time for > not only OP but the readers too. Yes mistakes should be forgiven, but everyone should be aware of "the rules". > Most email clients place the cursor at the top of the email when starting a > reply. Could that be the root cause of the top postings? Many believe that > top posting is proper (I'm not one). So I doubt we will ever stop that. And > when someone points out that the OP has top posted it comes off as a scolding > not constructive comment. > > I do not know what can be done at the server level. Maybe a script is > required - like I said I do not know. Nah we have to deal with top-posting, it's a fact of life. Top posting can work for very short conversations, but unfortunately one of us veterans will have to unjumble any replies, which we have to do anyway. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
