Concise is also good ;) *gives Erik a noogie*
Erik wrote: > I was going to stay out of the thread, because people have > ways of doing > it that they are set in, but this is really the crux of it -- > allow me > to extrapolate on what Dan said. Please realize that these > aren't "fire > and forget" emails. They are stored, mirrored, archived. Somewhere, > some site (such as theaimsgroup.com) is volunteering their > resources to > make sure that this information isn't all lost. But if > people quote the > entire email because they're too lazy to snip, then that's a lot of > unnecessary extra data which has to be stored with it. > > If it's relevant to this particular atomic post, include > needed quoted > data. It will help bring context to the conversation, for > newcomers or > people like me who are subscribed to too many lists to keep track of > threads in our heads. But don't just include the whole email > and post > at the top of it, unless it's really short. These huge threads get > longer and longer with each iteration of the conversation, > like a memory > leak. There's not built-in garbage collector for a mailing list, so > it's up to subscribers to keep the noise down. > > Some people, especially in business, like to slap their > comments on top > of a previous email. This helps in certain situations where > there is no > centralized mailing list, and isn't really that big a deal since it's > not being sent out to thousands of people or publicly archived. In > fact, it's probably recommended. But for mailing lists, really, just > quote what you need. > > Some good mail clients will let you do this very easily, by selecting > whatever text you feel is appropriate and then hitting > "Reply" and only > that text is included as quoted material in the reply. You > can further > snip this down, as you should, in consideration of others. > > As a subscriber to a mailing list, you do have a > responsibility to keep > that mailing list from becoming overcongested. It's like not > throwing a > paper cup or trash out the window when you're driving down > the highway. > What happens when someone needs to go to extra trouble to > maintain the > roads? The taxes go up and tolls are charged. If you want > to pay for > the privilege of using this resource (either via subscription fees or > via advertising, such as is found in Yahoo! groups mailing lists or > SourceForge lists), then go ahead and waste the bandwidth > with pages of > extra, unneeded, information. **************************************************************************** This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you very much. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
