I agree.
Can you tell with whom I agree when I post my message here?
I thought not.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Quoted text, confusing posts, and other utter nonsense.
> 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.
By omitting the > from your reply to Sue it's not obvious whose post came first,
yours or Sue's.
> 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.
Unfortunately the majority of people use Oulook Express, which defaults to replying
at the top of the thread, and people are too lazy to move the cursor.
> 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.
Above is Jeff's post.
<snipped Jason's post>
Below is Sue's post ('Original message' removed by Jeff)
Once I have snipped their sigs it appears I am replying ONLY to Jeff.
> 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.
If I post here, you can see I agree with Sue.
So interspersed posting is actually clearer.
I can also tell the order in which the other posts were made by the number of
indentation lines (>). Those posters who helpfully remove them, destroy the
path. If the path is too confusing it's because you haven't snipped enough
of the irrelevant parts out. As I'm replying to both Jeff and Sue I've snipped
Jason's post.
> 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.
Amending the end of the subject line is helpful. Ammending the start of the
subject line is confusing.
--
Graham
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