On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:05:01AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > I see you receive the digest version of this list's posts. Many people > do. People on the digest have a responsibility to change the subject > line to the subject of the post to which they're responding. They also > have the responsibility to delete all matter from other posts. > Additionally, for clarity, they need to delete context material, even > from the responded to post, so as to make their meaning clear. Those > who top-post need to use specifics instead of pronouns and articles, so > that readers know the reference without detailed parsing of the > context. People who interleave post don't have the same need to avoid > pronouns and articles. > > I understand that some people find it more convenient to receive their > posts in digest batches, but please everyone, don't inconvenience others > with meaningless titles and 440 lines of context, most of which has > nothing to do with what you're replying to.
I don't like playing list cop on lists I don't run, but I have to second this. If I see a message with the subject of <list> digest, and the reply isn't immediately obvious, I just move on. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail [email protected] _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
