Hi Dakotah,
To be honest, I'm not altogether sure why this rule applies myself. My
logical guess would be that the mailing list has to send each message out to
each member, which takes up bandwidth and therefore increases the site
admin's running costs. This would be especially obvious during times when
the list is rather high-traffic.
Imagine if a thread had been going for quite a while and had generated a
whole list of replies so that the messages became 100KB. Then imagine that
there were 100 such messages. Not only would a single user have to download
10 megabytes of emails, the bulk of which are other portions of the same
topic, but also the mail server would have to process 2 gigabytes of
messages in sending those 100 large messages to a list with, let's say, 250
members.
Even if this is not the main reason, it probably contributes, and other
reasons are obviously logical hence the restriction's existence. All I know
is, as moderator I have to enforce these rules, and I satisfy myself with
that. Grin.
Kind regards,
Damien.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dakotah Rickard
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 11:07 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Moderator reminder: Trimming messages
I don't mind the idea, except I'm curious as to why there's a message
length restriction. If someone doesn't want to read the entire
message, they can either delete it then and there or move to the next
name in the thread, depending on their client and mail reading
preferences. What's more, most e-mail services give what is now an
incredible amount of e-mail storage. Trimming messages is no longer a
technical necessity.
On those grounds, I submit that the list itself offer complaints over
messages which are too long.
When I write a long message, I try to give people a heads up at the
beginning, and I also expect that plenty won't read it. I view long
messages as essential, however, as there are many instances where I
could break up a message into multiple parts, but what's the point if
I can write a single, flowing missive to the group.
I hope this is well-received.
Signed:
Dakotah Rickard
On 7/24/12, Damien C. Pendleton <dam...@dcpendleton.co.uk> wrote:
Hey folks,
I have just tended to all the moderated messages and have had to reject a
rather large number of them due to excessive size. Please could I gently
remind you all to trim your messages before sending them, unless it is
under
special circumstances and your message is consulted with and approved by
the
moderators.
Cheers.
Kind regards,
Damien C. Pendleton,
Co-Moderator of the Audyssey list.
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