[Hallicrafters] Posting Request - Please Read

[John Cusick]

On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 17:59, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
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> Several of you have asked me to request of the group that they do not simply
> keep replying to a digest post or other lengthy on going post. Please cut and
> paste the portion that you are commenting on into a new e-mail and then add your
> remarks.	
> 	
> This does not take that much time to do. I know it is easier to just hit the
> 'reply to all' button, but reading through digest posts with appended messages,
> or lengthy threads, can really be annoying. So please, cut and paste like you
> did in Kindergarten and keep all of us kids happy. 	
> 	
> Thank you for taking the time to care and cooperate - 	

A suggestion: Instead of starting a brand new email and taking the time
to re-write the Subject with a Re: "Subject" and then cutting and
pasting from the old message, why not just hit "Reply To All" and then
cut out the portions you are not replying to? 

Its obviously faster for the sender of the Reply - no cutting and
pasting - just cutting, no re-writing the Subject, and the sender can
easily double-check the To: and Cc: fields and drop one or the other if
necesary (although its preferable to just reply to the list, of course).

Finally... for those of us who take advantage of the convenience and
reference available with threading in our email readers, we don't have
to get a Re: message 10 or 20 days after the original post and search
for the original (if we haven't deleted it) to figure out the reference
in the reply. It will be automatically threaded if the "Reply To All"
option is used.

I believe it actually takes less time than starting a seperate brand-new
message and it only takes one or two messages to get the hang of it :)

I'm not complaining, this is just a suggestion.

Regards,

John C.