[Test-Equipment] Replying to queries: Verbosity is not a virtue, folks

[Eric Lemmon]

Dave,

Excellent advice!  However, I'd like to add one more:  If you change the
discussion topic, also change the subject line.  It's annoying (to me,
anyway) when someone posts a response that has nothing to do with the
thread.  Pretty soon, the discussion becomes irrelevant to the original
topic.

73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY
 

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Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:59 PM
To: Richard Knoppow; Discussion of Electronic Test Equipment
Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Replying to queries: Verbosity is not a
virtue, folks


There is a common-sense, happy-medium amount of quoted text to put in 
a reply, but it takes *thinking* and a little effort.

1. Read the message.

2. Determine the "kernel" of the idea you want to address in your reply.

3. Highlight and delete all other text.

4. Enter your own reply text.

5. Post your message.

Or, if your mail application doesn't auto-quote, copy a bit of the 
text you're replying to and paste it in your reply.

Please don't do the lazy thing:

1. Reply without deleting any of the quoted text, or

2. Reply without quoting any of the message you're replying to.

Thanks,
Dave