+ Gene Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12.03.02 23:03]:
> I hate to be ugly but it is stupid for me to quote when the message is
> not only got a subject which on any email program can be categorized to
> look at the thread.
And why do you put a fullquote on the bottom then? I give you some
reasons to think about:
- search engines displaying one message out of the archive
- printed message
- easier to see what you are referring to in your mail
- "common standard"
- new subscribers that were not able to follow the whole thread
- an answer to a thread that might be X days old (I don't want
to have to scroll through the threads again...)
- Fullquotes create much traffic - perhaps not for you, but
at least for the list-maintainer
> It is not hard to follow what is going on with the conversation when you
> look at the group. I do it all day long. I DO NOT have time to cut and
> paste and make it all nice for everyone so they can follow along.
It takes less time to shorten a text by simply marking a few lines with
your mouse and hitting <del> than hundreds subscribers reading through
your fullquotes.
> I have a job to do. So does everyone else. We help each other when we
> can. If you don't like the way someone does something, well in my
> opinion, TOUGH.
I know many people that don't read mails formatted that mail - if you
want to get help follow common guidelines - if not, you will be ignored
by many.
[...]
> Sorry for the ugliness but there are a few people on this list that seem
> to think the world needs to bend to their way or no way. Most of us
> seem to have no problems in following along with what people are saying
> by going back to the original message and reading. At this point I
> would encourage you to do the same.
IMHO there writing and replying to eMails follows some kind of common
standard. There has to be a reason for this, don't you think?
Balu
