Thom, Being a lurker and not much of a poster, I can't tell you how pleased I was to see your post regarding quoting.
I really believe that some list members just do it without thinking - It's just SOP for them and they don't think (or bother) to change their email settings when posting. But, having to sort through all of the chaff to find the wheat in the digest version can be challenging when multiple posts are quoted time after time. So, I second the "cool the quotes" thinking and would like to suggest that it be expanded to all replies and not just those that pertain to the digest version. Note that I am not suggesting that quoting be eliminated - Only that it be moderated by using good judgment when replying. And, yes, I also subscribe to the "reply first / quote last" method because it makes it so much easier to find the wheat. This is especially true when multiple messages are quoted (see above!) and the "new" post (reply) appears many lines below. Plus, if you are already following thread, you probably don't need the quoted messages anyway. Regards, Bill In a message dated 3/30/2011 11:00:47 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 07:59:23 -0400 > From: Thom LaCosta <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Drakelist] Digest Posts > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > If you reply to a digest post...PLEASE change the subject to reflect > the specific subject, NOT > Drakelist Digest, Vol xx, Issue xx > > I would also appreciate you not quoting the entire digest post...it > simply uses too much bandwidth. > > Thanks > > 73, > Thom k3hrn _______________________________________________ Drakelist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist
