It's a bit frustrating to receive brief messages on the list without a clue
what the
writer is commenting on and replying to.
Bob
R. J. Sinclair
Casa Sueño
Santa Barbara CA 93105
34° 45' 12" N Lat. - 119° 73' 98" W Long.
Altitude 347 Ft.
www.nanfa.org
www.nativefish.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parr" <derekparr-in-earthlink.net>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: NANFA-L-- email list guidelines?
>I think we may be getting heavily into the personal tastes arena..
> Because, even though I may be the only one, I actually prefer having the
> whole thread included. Makes it alot easier to keep track of the
> conversation. It can be such a pain to have to go back and try and figure
> out what were the previous messages in the thread to catch up on the flow
> of a thread, particularly when the subjects get changed mid thread. And
> there are good reasons for that to happen too, since subject matters can
> change mid-thread. And I also find partial quotings to occasionally be
> inadequate since sometimes the context is lost.
>
> Since everyone has different opinions and preferences, would it not be
> better to find a personal solution rather than trying to convince a whole
> population to follow rules they may not agree with?
>
> as for the html email bit.. I 100% agree, but some email programs are
> limited in their abilities to do "normal" text email, and of course the
> fact that many people aren't as interested as you or me in becoming email
> experts. ;]
>
> -derek parr
> cape fear river basin, Chapel Hill, NC
>
>
>
> Peter Unmack wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Gerald Pottern wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So here's a suggestion: Can you (or someone) give me & our other users
>>>that are not-too-Yahoo-savvy a few simple rules on HOW to reply without
>>>constipating our digest ? (I hope i did my part by deleting everything
>>>EXCEPT the message i'm responding to)
>>
>>
>> The problem is not so much people responding to the digest and including
>> everything, it is people who reply to any message and include all of the
>> previous message/thread (as you just did) for each message they send. I
>> find it nice if people include a small relevant portion of the message so
>> that everyone knows what they are responding to and who, but there is no
>> need to resend the whole thread. Some email programs do this
>> automatically depending on the settings. And there is nothing that will
>> strip out this information from the digest. I can only get rid of all
>> the
>> html crap and mime information.
>>
>> There are a couple things people can do that would instantly help. Never
>> send any messages in html format (many mailers send messages in both
>> formats, which doesn't help any). Instructions on how to do this and why
>> you should do it can be found here, http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
>> Here is a simple page on quoting material from previous posts,
>> http://mailformat.dan.info/quoting/intro.html If all users followed
>> these
>> guidelines, the digest would instantly be cleaner and easier to read.
>>
>> Tootles
>> Peter
>> Red River, Oklahoma
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