Sandra Combs writes:
>Rest assured that Dan (the List mom) is doing his job
>administering the list so no one else need waste valuable time doing so.
> He doesn't admonish by posting to the list. Those of you who never make
>mistakes may not know it but Dan sends a friendly - emphasis on friendly
>- personal e-mail to the offender gently reminding him/her to quote only
>those things that are pertinent. His private e-mail avoids
>embarrassment, hurt feelings, and possibly prevents people from leaving
>the list or never posting again for fear of being publicly chastised
>for making an error.
Sandra, thanks for the kind words. I've spent years honing that message
to the point where hardly anyone complains about receiving it -- and most
take corrective action right away. (Some need several reminders.) I'd
guess that sooner or later every regular poster makes the mistake and
receives this "friendly" warning:
This is a semi-automatic message from Dan, the listmom.
Thanks for posting to the list.
Please be careful not to quote *too much* of the original message (your
recent posting is quoted below) when replying to the list -- especially
the header and/or footer. (You're not being singled out; we send this to
everyone who does that.)
Thanks!
As always, correction should be done privately, not on the list.
>One further note, if everyone started their messages above the quotes,
>unlike the replies below (and yes, the quotes are intentionally left
>in), no one would have to scroll forever to get to the reply....
That's really a subjective thing. From my vantage point, it depends on
how you're replying to the original message.
For instance, when sending out the "oops, you quoted too much" email, I
put my message at the head and then quote the entire original afterward.
Other times you are carrying on a dialog with parts of the original
message, so you might insert a reply following the section you're
responding to -- as I'm doing in this message.
Each method of replying has its place -- and both should involve
selective quoting of the original. And that's especially helpful on a
busy list like this one.
Dan the listmom
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