I think it's OK to encourage people to use good posting practices, but
in general, I leave this up to the moderators of the various lists I'm
on. I definitely don't say anything though unless it's chronic or I
don't think the person is aware of what they're doing. Too much list
traffic on posting etiquette can defeat the purpose of using good
posting etiquette in the first place, by adding a lot of off topic
traffic itself.
The other thing I do is appeal to someone's motivation. You'll get more
people looking at your message if you use a good subject line and don't
hijack another thread. You can only go so far in policing someone else's
posting habits, and it's perfectly OK to delete someone's message if
they didn't use a good subject line, hijacked someone else's thread,
didn't spell check or whatever. There's plenty to read on the web and
don't let someone else's poor habits waste your time.
On 18/03/16 14:07, B. Henry wrote:
Yes, and I generally do this when I change the topic, but occasionaly do forget.
I also often change the subject line even when I did not change the subject
myself, and even bring this up frequently enough that I sometimes worry that
folks will get tired of me trying to correct bad posting practices.
Please join me in this crusade so that there is more than one of us to
hate...lol
In the same vane many people start a conversation with a subject that gives
little or no idea as to what is being discussed or what question is asked.
I do delete email that does not interest me when I know I am unlikely to be
able to contribute any thing useful to the conversation, and often delete
imprecisely subjected messages.
More often I do answer a person once or twice and give them a reminder about
making good subject lines, and sometimes I just answer, but I certainly
think spending a few seconds coming up with an explanatory subject for an email
is the least one can do if they are asking for help.
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