On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 04:06:55PM +0200, David wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Chris Bannister > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 05:59:01PM +0200, David wrote: > > [...] > > > > > Consider: person a replies to part of your reply, so they trim out what > > is not relevant. person b replies to part of your reply, so they trim > > out what is not relevant. Already the messages are starting to separate, > > possibly returning to the state that was existing before you > > concatenated them but with the threads in disarray. > > You make some good points, but I think that my case is a reasonable exception.
Trouble is, all exceptions are reasonable to a certain degree. > As the original poster, most of the replies are to my original (and > follow-up) posts. For cases where I am replying to many replies (to my > original post) at once, the natural (easier for me to write, and > others to read) format seems to be 1 mail. That one mail makes my > follow-up more readable, because: Does your mail reader display threads? I'm guessing not. > 1) My reply is to to the thread as a whole, rather than to specific > people on the thread. Yeah, and people are reading the *thread* > 2) 1, well-composed mail on one subject is (in my opinion) easier to > read than many smaller mails. In the longer mail you can establish > some context, and refer to that context in your replies. Yeah, but you are _including_ not _refering_ > 3) Receiving 5 mails from 1 person in succession on the same subject > is a bit annoying :-) Not sure what you mean. > I agree with you, that in these cases, putting replies in 1 mail is bad form: > > 1) Mails in different sub-threads (defined as threads where there is > discussion amongst other people than myself and 1 other person). Huh? > 2) Replying specifically to 1 person (To: header), but including my > replies to other people All replies should go to the list. Of course certain mail should be private. [..] If you were using a threaded mail reader I am sure you would see the benefits of keepin mails separate. A lot of your arguments sound suspiciously like someone who is used to M$ style email programs. -- Chris. ====== "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]