Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trim quotes
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:13:56 +0100 From: Lee Elliott On Thursday 21 October 2004 22:47, Jon S Berndt wrote: Would it be grumpy of me to suggest that we try a little harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed that there are several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of quoted material, followed by anywhere from a few lines to ten or so. Over time, this stuff builds up... Jon It's not grumpy:) Generally, I _do_ tend to [snip..]... but it also depends on what else I might be thinking about, something that happened at work today, what I'm planning to do tomorrow, who was it who said..., I wonder why?..., now what did i just forget to do?... not to mention intoxication states... Serendipitously, I just wrote on this to the User list. If you get the Digest, there is no threading, and you are trying to follow multiple conversations at once. For me, snipping, and reading replies that are interspersed within the message, are a Good Thing (tm). But, hey, I'm only a lurker here; far be it for me to set the terms. Nick ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trim quotes
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:46:38 +1000, Nick wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 22:13:56 +0100 From: Lee Elliott On Thursday 21 October 2004 22:47, Jon S Berndt wrote: Would it be grumpy of me to suggest that we try a little harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed that there are several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of quoted material, followed by anywhere from a few lines to ten or so. Over time, this stuff builds up... Jon It's not grumpy:) Generally, I _do_ tend to [snip..]... but it also depends on what else I might be thinking about, something that happened at work today, what I'm planning to do tomorrow, who was it who said..., I wonder why?..., now what did i just forget to do?... not to mention intoxication states... Serendipitously, I just wrote on this to the User list. If you get the Digest, there is no threading, and you are trying to follow multiple conversations at once. For me, snipping, and reading replies that are interspersed within the message, are a Good Thing (tm). ..and is properly done if you for each of the multiple discussions in the digest, trim off the excess fat contained in the other conversations and add in your response to this one, and send that off and repeat for the next discussion. Here, I see no need to snip, as this message can serve as a summary. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trim quotes
On Thursday 21 October 2004 22:47, Jon S Berndt wrote: Would it be grumpy of me to suggest that we try a little harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed that there are several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of quoted material, followed by anywhere from a few lines to ten or so. Over time, this stuff builds up... Jon It's not grumpy:) Generally, I _do_ tend to [snip..]... but it also depends on what else I might be thinking about, something that happened at work today, what I'm planning to do tomorrow, who was it who said..., I wonder why?..., now what did i just forget to do?... not to mention intoxication states... ;) LeeE ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
[Flightgear-devel] Trim quotes
Would it be grumpy of me to suggest that we try a little harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed that there are several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of quoted material, followed by anywhere from a few lines to ten or so. Over time, this stuff builds up... Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trim quotes
Jon S Berndt wrote: Would it be grumpy of me to suggest that we try a little harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed that there are several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of quoted material, followed by anywhere from a few lines to ten or so. Over time, this stuff builds up... I noticed that too, on the other hand it's still easier to cope with that than with those postings that quote without quote signs ... ;-) Boris ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trim quotes
Yeah I noticed that too - it makes for some hard reading. Does this become a bandwidth issue on the mailing list server by any chance? I've got a couple of basic rules that I try stick to. Maybe they will help others a bit. 1. Try to only quote what the last guy said - remove all the 2nd hand and older quotes 2. Strip all the quoting out that you are not replying to and just leave the basic sentence or paragraph you are responding to. 3. Remove all personal and mailing list signatures Paul On Thursday, 21 October 2004 23:47, Jon S Berndt wrote: Would it be grumpy of me to suggest that we try a little harder to trim quotes when replying with quotes? I've noticed that there are several emails today with 100 to 200 lines of quoted material, followed by anywhere from a few lines to ten or so. Over time, this stuff builds up... Jon ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
