GregO wrote: > On Feb 19, 2007, at 8:32 pm, Tim Jones wrote: >> On Feb 19, 2007, at 4:42 PM, Tim Hare wrote: >>>> At the top of each message sent on the mailing list it says, >>>> "quote only the message parts you need to."
[snip] >> It shows up at the top of the digest mode. > > But not in regular mode. I wonder if this rule does not apply to the > non-digest users... ;) > > Greg Then Greg in his very NEXT email to the list quoted: >> _______________________________________________ >> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: >> <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> >> >> Search the archives: >> <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> What's that old saying, "Only you can prevent forest fires!" ;) It's not hard to trim a response in email, but we all have to be diligent to do it on every post. Remember you are showing up on thousands of peoples doorsteps and it is right thing to do to not waste their time. Also people are more inclined to read your response if your post is visually appealing. It shows you took the time and you care about what you say. After I first posted the message, "Is your bit bucket clogged?" people have gotten a lot better at trimming the garbage off their posts--Thanks! The next level to aspire to is to trim the unneeded parts from their quotes. What I mean by this is people will quote an entire message and only respond to one small part. Many people on this list use threaded email clients and we also have the NUG archive if we want to go back and read the previous entries in the thread. Therefore it is not necessary to quote an entire message. Of course this is context driven in that you want to quote enough of the message to give a proper context to your response. If we all take the time to thoughtfully trim the unneeded parts, then the quality of life on the list will be enhance. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
