Good Friday morning all Recently we have noticed an alarming increase in the number of posts to this group which we are having to process because they are too large. This is because people are being lazy and, once again, an item in the list policy is being overlooked or forgotten. Because we are aware that a significant number of members of this group are subscribed to data plans with their ISP which put caps on the amount of throughput they can accept each month, we have a policy item in place which states that members should not quote entire chains of messages when responding to a thread. To discourage this further, we have a 40K restriction on the size of every message posted to the list, which should be enough for anybody to make their point clearly. However, if you just leave all of the chain of messages present in your reply, your message will inevitably eventually become too large to post, which is what is happening.
In list policy, we request that you only quote what is relevant, or what you're specifically responding too. It only takes a moment to be selective. All you need to do on OS or Windows is use your cut and paste option, Command+X or Control+X respectively after selecting the old text. For the sake of the support people, and also to ensure that your message reaches the group, please try to comply. It is worth pointing out to you now that we indiscriminately reject all messages which don't make the group because they are too large. So, if you want to be sure that your voice gets heard and your point is made, please comply with list policy. We do appreciate that it's easy to forget these things sometimes. But it is irksome to list members and tedious to us when we have to keep posting these reminders. On a final note, we do monitor this carefully and, if the same person commits the same oversight repetitively, despite these reminders, we will place that person in moderation mode until they come to understand the seriousness with which we view these repeated transgressions. In all the time that Mac Access has existed, we have never yet had to place anybody into moderation mode, although one or two have come close. Please, don't let yourself become the first member to whom we have had to do this. Believe me, it would give us no pleasure or satisfaction whatsoever for that to happen. Please try to cooperate with us for our collective and mutual benefit. If you'd like to refresh your memory regarding list policy at any time, feel free. You can find the document at its new home, which is here: <http://www.mac-access.net/List-Docs/Mac-Access-Welcome.html> Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions regarding this or any other list issue, please don't hesitate to contact us at the usual support address: <[email protected]> Kind regards Gordon <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
