[Winona Online Democracy] The idea of cutting out the string of earlier posts and multiple footers is a good one which, I believe, has been suggested in the past by our fine technological facilitator, Craig Brooks. Maybe more frequent requests/reminders would help?
Kathy Seifert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Lowery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 9:55 AM Subject: [Winona] suggestion for WOD posts > [Winona Online Democracy] > > Here's a simple suggestion that would make WOD more user-friendly from my > point of view, as a subscriber who gets a "digest" (single combined) > version of the daily postings, as opposed to single messages: > > When you reply by hitting a reply button, most users send along copies of > previous postings that are automatically copied below their new text by > their email programs. Occasionally these previous message threads are > pertinent. Usually they are not, and often they go on almost endlessly. > Single posting subscribers can simply stop reading and close out the > window, but I have to scroll through, sometimes for minutes at a time, to > get to the next message. > > Couldn't the administrators edit those previous messages out? Or could > subscribers take a second to chop them off unless they're pertinent to > their post? Thanks! > > By the way, no, I don't want to switch to receiving single messages, > because my slow old email program has a hard enough time keeping up with > the numbers of incoming mail as it is. _______________________________________________ This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona Any problems or suggestions can be directed to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org
