I really agree with Alex here. It has always bugged me when people don't include the previous message(s) in their posts. too often it happens that someone writes a post, and I find I want or need to see the full context of the conversation in order to understand the point they're trying to make. this can happen for many reasons, coming in late to a particular thread, forgetting or not knowing to which message the poster is responding, and so on.
If we think about this in terms of spoken conversation, if someone were to say something like, "I think the green one is better", if we don't know what the item under consideration is, or what the choices are-green, blue, whatever--then we have no way to understand what the person is talking about, and their statement just becomes pointless. I would actually make the counter request, PLEASE include at least the message to which you are immediately replying in your posts. Cheers, Donna On Feb 1, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Part of the trouble is that many of us check our email more than once or > twice a day, so we may have long since deleted a message to which a reply has > just arrived. This means that, often, the message is confusing with no > context, and the only way to get that context is to read the original message > the new one quotes. I agree that message rules are a good way of dealing with > high-traffic lists. I've set up a filter in gMail to send apple-related > messages to my apple folder, so I just open mail on the mac, hit cmd-2 (I've > put the folder in my favorites), and am presented with all the apple mail I > have received. This is, I find, a much better solution than digest mode, > since I can respond to any message yet still keep my inbox less cluttered. > On Feb 1, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've had the same problem in the past on several lists. What I have done to >> alieviate the trouble is set up a separate mailbox folder for each list and >> make a email rule to send list messages into their own folders. >> >> I can then easily go through all the list messages one by one without >> opening them, but by the subject decide whether to delete them or keep them >> for reading. >> >> It works, and good luck getting people to comply with your request, in my >> experience, it ain't going to happen. Better to have separate folders for >> list messages in my opinion. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Parsons" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 1:38 AM >> Subject: Polite Request for All List Members >> >> >> Dear list, >> >> Could people please try and ensure they are not quoting conversation history >> or previous posts in their posts. >> >> I receive the threads in digest mode, and Mail therefore doesn't block out >> the quoted conversation history. It makes it really difficult when I have to >> read through the whole conversation history every time to get to the next >> post. Especially as this keeps getting longer and longer, it can become a >> nightmare for the really popular threads. >> >> I'm sure this is an issue for other people as well, and for viewing on the >> website. >> >> So please, please, either edit Mail preferences so it doesn't automatically >> quote the original message, or just select all (Command-A) and then delete >> before you type your reply. Given that most email services these days >> support conversation threading, I'm not sure what the point is anymore of >> quoting the original messages. But if it's something you really love to do, >> then please just delete it for this particular list. >> >> Many thanks in advance and kind regards, >> >> Nic >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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