Re: [OM] html content in postings

[Winsor Crosby]

> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:59:05 -0600
> "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >  <<snip
> >
> >  And worse than the html is the continual quoting of previous posts.
> >  Please don't quote the post that you are responding to.
> >  <<snip
> >
> >  This is especially annoying when the new text is placed at the end of the
> >  previous message and you have to scroll down to see it. When you're
> >  screening a lot of messages that little extra step is a pain in the ass.
> >  /jim
> Everything, in moderation, is good - also quoting. Otherwise, it can
> be hard to keep track of
> a dialoge.
>
> However please trim the quoted text to what is necessary. Yes, it
> happens 4-5 times a day that
> someone replies to the digest, including all the digest in the
> reply. Fortunately, such messages
> go to me alone, not to the list.....
>
> --thomas
> (who is testing out a new mail client these days...)
One does wonder with all the complaints about the digest, why people
subscribe to it.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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