On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, [iso-8859-1] Bernhard L�der wrote:
>
> Here are some SUGESTIONS:
> Replies to mails would only be send to the person asking a question (This
> could have the disadvantage, that one cannot follow the tread and contribute
> along the way anymore)
No, no, no! Most of the information I get from the list is
from lurking other peoples threads!
>
> The person asking the question would have to prepare a summary of the
> answer(s) once the question(s) has(ve) been answered and then send it to the
> list. (Disadvantage: Will every user do it? Will all pertinent information
> go into the summary - somebody asking the question probably is not the best
> judge for worthwhile content?)
>
Once again, a dubious proposition. A lot of very good geeks
can't put three words together, much less create a readable
summary.
Meantime, you might have thought about reading Jamie's
suggestion not to quote in entirety.
>
> In addition, if you could avoid quoting whole messages verbatim, this
> also makes life a lot easier. Need I say that people who include
> html are not helping.
Is that worth $AUD 0.02 ?
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