Re: CS>How do I post a message? Select, trim, edit subject line.

[roseottogro...@gmail.com]

Sol,

The quest for storing good info in a way one can retrieve it is ongoing for
sure.

I do what you do with a few exceptions.  There are a few yahoo groups that
I get digest. When I download them into thunderbird, I skim the digest. If
it has info I want I immediately hit Reply and edit the message at that
moment, deleting the extra context and the thank-you--etc messages that
don't lend themselves to history. I change the title to something that
makes sense to me, usually I add the word Edited, and put one of my other
e-addys in the TO field. And I delete that original digest. It takes a
minute but I find I have files on...in my case...Lipo C...that I find
useful rather than all extra stuff I don't care about that's on the list.

The downside for digests for me is that I don't participate in the list
much.

BTW I use a lot of (free) Gmail addresses for health info (and tax info--my
income interest)  because it stores it out there until I delete it and it's
much easier to search than on the yahoogroups pages where the list posts
are also stored. I know there are some downsides to google but the tradeoff
for me in having a good library is worth it.

This post is one I'd delete in a "reply edited digest" .  Of course, that's
also the case with the entire thread, lol.

I'm so grateful for the silverlist archives.  Thank you--Mike.

Saralou

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 10:33 PM, sol  wrote:

> I'd like to suggest that people believe digest is an easier format in
> which to receive email because they don't get "so many" emails in a day.
> However, it seems to me like it is much slower to review contents of a
> digest than to scroll through individual emails (which have individual
> subject headers, a big bonus), I can skim through dozens of emails quickly
> and delete them even more quickly. In digest format, there are no subject
> headers for the digest itself, just "digest and date, number or whatever".
> And if a digest contained something I wanted to save, I had to save the
> whole darn thing as a document then edit it, title it..big time
> consuming PITA for me. If left saved in email inbox, then I had to read
> through the whole thing to find the one or two posts of interest, and as
> instructions given point out, replying to an email from a digest is an even
> bigger pain.  Digest format is just too cumbersome IMHO. Maybe some people
> have to pay for each email downloaded? That is the only reason I'd ever go
> back to digest.
> sol
>
>
> Rowena wrote:
>
>> And also very important - r*emember to change the Subject Line
>> to reflect what you are writing about*, and change it as the
>> conversation moves on. If your subject line only says Digest No 12345 some
>> people won't click on to see what it is, and might miss exactly what they
>> need.
>>
>
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Re: CS>How do I post a message? Select, trim, edit subject line.

[MaryAnn Helland]

Amen, Sol!!
MA





From: sol 
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Sun, August 19, 2012 9:34:04 PM
Subject: Re: CS>How do I post a message? Select, trim, edit subject line.

I'd like to suggest that people believe digest is an easier format in which to 
receive email because they don't get "so many" emails in a day.
However, it seems to me like it is much slower to review contents of a digest 
than to scroll through individual emails (which have individual subject 
headers, 
a big bonus), I can skim through dozens of emails quickly and delete them even 
more quickly. In digest format, there are no subject headers for the digest 
itself, just "digest and date, number or whatever". And if a digest contained 
something I wanted to save, I had to save the whole darn thing as a document 
then edit it, title it..big time consuming PITA for me. If left saved 
in 
email inbox, then I had to read through the whole thing to find the one or two 
posts of interest, and as instructions given point out, replying to an email 
from a digest is an even bigger pain.  Digest format is just too cumbersome 
IMHO. Maybe some people have to pay for each email downloaded? That is the only 
reason I'd ever go back to digest.
sol

Rowena wrote:
> Two things, though.  Remember to trim off the rest of the digest, as people 
> get 
>frustrated if they receive post after post containing the whole of the 
>previous 
>digest. Some people are paying extra for their downloads.
> 
> And also very important - remember to change the Subject Line to reflect what 
>you are writing about, and change it as the conversation moves on. If your 
>subject line only says Digest No 12345 some people won't click on to see what 
>it 
>is, and might miss exactly what they need.


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Re: CS>How do I post a message? Select, trim, edit subject line.

[sol]

I'd like to suggest that people believe digest is an easier format in 
which to receive email because they don't get "so many" emails in a day.
However, it seems to me like it is much slower to review contents of a 
digest than to scroll through individual emails (which have individual 
subject headers, a big bonus), I can skim through dozens of emails 
quickly and delete them even more quickly. In digest format, there are 
no subject headers for the digest itself, just "digest and date, number 
or whatever". And if a digest contained something I wanted to save, I 
had to save the whole darn thing as a document then edit it, title 
it..big time consuming PITA for me. If left saved in email 
inbox, then I had to read through the whole thing to find the one or two 
posts of interest, and as instructions given point out, replying to an 
email from a digest is an even bigger pain.  Digest format is just too 
cumbersome IMHO. Maybe some people have to pay for each email 
downloaded? That is the only reason I'd ever go back to digest.

sol

Rowena wrote:
Two things, though.  Remember to trim off the rest of the digest, as 
people get frustrated if they receive post after post containing the 
whole of the previous digest. Some people are paying extra for their 
downloads.


And also very important - remember to change the Subject Line to 
reflect what you are writing about, and change it as the conversation 
moves on. If your subject line only says Digest No 12345 some people 
won't click on to see what it is, and might miss exactly what they need.



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Re: CS>How do I post a message? Select, trim, edit subject line.

[Rowena]

As already mentioned, you would do well to trim all the material except 
what you are replying to.


On my email program, you highlight the relevant part, and THEN hit 
reply. That way only the highlighted part is carried over to the reply.


Some settings don't include the original reply, you are just replying on 
a blank sheet, and can copy and paste from the original.  You would have 
already selected that in "Options", no doubt, whether the reply is 
blank, or contains original post, or highlighted part of original post.


Two things, though.  Remember to trim off the rest of the digest, as 
people get frustrated if they receive post after post containing the 
whole of the previous digest. Some people are paying extra for their 
downloads.


And also very important - remember to change the Subject Line to reflect 
what you are writing about, and change it as the conversation moves on. 
If your subject line only says Digest No 12345 some people won't click 
on to see what it is, and might miss exactly what they need.  If it says 
something like "Generator - Silver Rods (was Silver coins)" they know 
better which posts to click on first.


Welcome to the list.

Rowena
Down Under


On 18/08/2012 2:46 AM, Tel Tofflemire wrote:


  
Tel Tofflemire

Just select Reply, write and send...OK ?


  From: Laurie Weber 
To: "silver-list@eskimo.com" 
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 11:40 AM
Subject: CS>Fw: How do I post a message?
  


Hi.  I receive the digest.  Please explain how I should reply to a post on it 
so my reply is with the message I am replying to.
  
Thanks,

Laurie