Well.... Look at it this way, ok? Mr. Mixon is not asking to bring on an edict, he's just asking us all to be considerate of the elements he pointed out. I don't think that's unreasonable. Ok this is a short reply, but I think it says enough, besides I'm not sending it to everyone on list either.
-DC On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:40 PM, Charles Goldsmith <wo...@justfamily.org>wrote: > Well Bill, not everyone writes a dissertation when sending an email, > and email really isn't a good medium for long exchanges, since there > is very little to no inflection. > > While replying with just a LOL or Me Too is annoying to some people I > guess, most of those people don't say much anyway. > > It's not like we have a stats page that shows postings versus words > per email. And no, I don't plan to set one up either, I'm too lazy > for that :p > > I wouldn't worry about it too much Bill, just keep using that delete > button like most people. > > Charles > list administrator that is crawling back into his hole in the > wonderful DFW metroplex > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Mixon Bill<bmixon...@austin.rr.com> > wrote: > > I have a delete button like everybody else, but it nevertheless takes a > > while to delete forty new Texas Cavers list messages that are ten words > > each. And those worthless little "Me either" messages must be a real pain > to > > those who monitor their e-mail messages frequently or are pestered by > their > > cell phones every time one arrives. At least I see my e-mail only when I > > tell my computer to fetch it. > > > > If you don't have at least a couple of complete sentences of new and > > interesting material to add, how about not replying, or replying only to > the > > original sender? How about a 100-word minimum? (This message is one > hundred > > seventeen words.)-- Mixon > > ---------------------------------------- > > To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. > > ---------------------------------------- > > You may "reply" to the address this message > > came from, but for long-term use, save: > > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > > AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
