Sue, perhaps, but the problem was their was no distinction between the original thread and the part of the reply...such as >>>>before the original lines of text... Then, you add more replies to that message and all is lost. I simply answer the questions in the order they were asked and in detail so all is understood. When you have people placing their replies at different locations..the whole thread will be out of order and not make sense. I am on many mailing list and the greater majority place their text at the beginning. If their is not a long signature, I can simply peak down at the original message which may be near the bottom of the new mail window..as I read the response. Jeff -- Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "scubic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:09 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Quoted text, confusing posts, and other utter nonsense.
At 02:32 PM 09/20/2004 -0500, Jason Arroyo wrote >Look. I'm fairly new to this list. Here's how I see it. If you can tell >what the post is about via the subject line and with a decently >seperated quoted section from the prior post, maybe from even two prior >posts, then who is *anyone* to tell me to use brackets, quotation marks, >dashes, or whatever the heck I choose? If you can tell what section is >the replied to quote and what section is my reply, stop squabbling over >the semantics, and wasting my time by filling my email box. IMHO, the responding posts that make the most sense are the ones who reply directly after the pertinent parts. For many posts, this would be "interspersed" replies. Many people write in with more than one problem in a post. Interspersed answers are much easier to follow, rather than having to scroll _up_ or _down_ to find the question. Also, changing the subject line to reflect the subject of your post would be additionally helpful. In addition, deleting the parts of the previous post that have nothing to do with what you're asking about, or offering info about, would also be helpful. Sue ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
