On 16.02.13 11:32, Marshland Engineering wrote:
> Hi Chaps. Could you please trim your posts. They are getting quite long at
> this point.
Fullquoting does give all of the list recipients a lot of repeated words
to wade through, and can lead to planet-wide cursing. But hobby lists
are not renowned for making the effort to trim the bits not directly
being replied to. So it's probably worthwhile for recipients to also see
what can be done to bury some of the needlessly repeated verbiage.
One tool I use is:
$ apt-cache search t-prot
t-prot - display filter for RFC822 messages
It takes a bunch of options, to control what it compresses. I use it as
the display_filter in mutt¹. As an example, it compressed a TOFU post of
4 lines of reply, followed by "----- Original Message -----", then 7
times as much text, to just the reply, followed by:
----- Original Message -----
[---=| TOFU protection by t-prot: 28 lines snipped |=---]
A couple of mutt macros allow me to activate and deactivate the
compression while viewing a post, but it's rarely needed.
I will admit that otherwise reader-friendly bottom posts are not
improved by fullquoting, and my current t-prot settings don't handle
that well. I may have a go at optimising the settings.
I wouldn't hold my breath while hoping to change the habits of a list.
(Even though everyone would benefit. ;-)
Erik
¹ t-prot filters from stdin to stdout, so works in any pipeline.
It should then be compatible with a number of MUAs, I figure.
--
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but
coaxed down-stairs a step at a time.
- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
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