Re: [newbie] Time Space
Then there are the new subscribers that don't have the original on disc or those of us who don't want to or wouldn't be practical to search through the list to find the original in the over 7000 messages currently in newbie@linux-mandrake. All attempts to standardize this list meet with profuse resistance, where it is not futile, as evidenced by the fact that it never gets implimented. But thank you for your thoughts and you have a real nice day. I didn't say that you shouldn't include ANY of the message you replied to, but; only include the _relevant_ part. No searching for old messages needed. Anyway, if not all does this, a dew can still help.. snipped to save Gerry's hdd Heh :) My hd is 20 gb, but thanx anyway :) Reading the same stuff over and over again, and search for the part that is new, is a bit annoying. And with my slow internet-line it's even more annoying.. Gerry
Re: [newbie] Time Space
Then there are the new subscribers that don't have the original on disc or those of us who don't want to or wouldn't be practical to search through the list to find the original in the over 7000 messages currently in newbie@linux-mandrake. All attempts to standardize this list meet with profuse resistance, where it is not futile, as evidenced by the fact that it never gets implimented. But thank you for your thoughts and you have a real nice day. -s snipped to save Gerry's hdd
[newbie] Time Space
When most of you ppl reply to something, you include all of the message you replied to, which in its turn may include messages it's replied to, etc. Sometimes the interesting part in the original message are just one line, while the whole msg might be 100 lines.. So, this means that of the 500k i get in the mailbox a day from these lists (newbie and expert), 90% is stuff i've already read, that i don't need to read again, and that's not relevant to the reply at all. My point is, could you please try to just include the part of the message you're actually replying to ? This will save time and space both when downloading the messages from the mailserver (for those who doesn't have dsl, cable, fiber-optic etc. connections), and also when reading the message, so that we don't have to skip through a whole lot of uninteresting text. Gerry
Re: [newbie] Time Space
- Original Message - From: "Gerry" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Linux Mandrake Newbie List" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 9:07 PM Subject: [newbie] Time Space This will save time and space both when downloading the messages from the mailserver (for those who doesn't have dsl, cable, fiber-optic etc. connections), and also when reading the message, so that we don't have to skip through a whole lot of uninteresting text. Gerry Good point Gerry ! Also as a newbie who subscribes to several lists it is not uncommon for me to get 300+ emails/day. It also helps a lot if the poster puts the real question/problem in the Subject: line instead of generic "Help" or "question" or "Mandrake 7.2". On real hectic days those have a tendency to get lost in the shuffle.
