Re: list etiquette

2015-10-02 Thread Bob Sneidar
Another issue is that some people use the digest while others do not. This seems to create a new thread named the same thing when replying from the digest. So far as I have been able to ascertain, nothing can be done about this other than rounding up all the digest users and flogging them with

Re: list etiquette

2015-10-02 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Another issue is that some people use the digest while others do not. This > seems to create a new thread named the same thing when replying from the > digest. So far as I have been able to ascertain, nothing can

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-30 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > For me, Thunderbird is the best e-mail software. Changing the software is > no solution > Why change when you can add: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/gmail-conversation-view/

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-30 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: I probably never see most of your posts then. > I tend to mass-delete threads I'm not interested in reading or can't > devote the time to, so any tangential topics will get swept away at the > same time. > > That's

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-30 Thread Warren Samples
On 09/30/2015 02:03 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: That's exactly what you'd want isn't it? If you are not interested in the main topic why on earth would you be interested in a side issue of the main topic? You are not understanding the problem. These "side issues of the main thread" are nothing of

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-29 Thread Richard Gaskin
Kay C Lan wrote: On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Warren Samples wrote: An example would be the thread with the subject "Why can't LC do what PencilCase does?" Under that thread are 11 completely unrelated message threads, each having headers that indicate each new topic was initiated as a

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-29 Thread Kay C Lan
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Warren Samples wrote: > > An example would be the thread with the subject "Why can't LC do what > PencilCase does?" Under that thread are 11 completely unrelated message > threads, each having headers that indicate each new topic was

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-29 Thread Mark Schonewille
I use Thunderbird and I have exactly the same problem. It is the reason why I don't see e-mails, sometimes. For me, Thunderbird is the best e-mail software. Changing the software is no solution. -- Mark Schonewille http://economy-x-talk.com Buy the most extensive book on the LiveCode

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-29 Thread Mark Wieder
On 09/29/2015 03:13 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: I'll admit I'm guilty of posting a new Topic by clicking Reply and changing the Subject, but this seems to me to be far easier as you normally want to quote a portion of a post but acknowledge that it is a tangent topic. So as it works perfectly for me,

Re: list etiquette

2015-09-29 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Kay C Lan wrote: > What are you using to view the List? I use Gmail and I have no such > problem, every single post in the PencilCase thread has exactly the same > subject so Gmail can automatically rethread based on Subject. Maybe

list etiquette

2015-09-28 Thread Warren Samples
Hello all, From time to time certain issue of list etiquette have been brought up and discussed. Cross-posting to this and the dev list, top or bottom responding, succinct message copying, and whether or not to leave a message intact while responding or slicing it and responding point