[TheForge] fyi concerning theforge archives and posting to theforge

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Terry:
You are being awfully diplomatic for someone contributing as much time 
as you are.
Doesn't that at least entitle you to be gruff and sound disgruntled?
Pete F

terry l. ridder wrote:

> hello;
>
> first off, no i am not the 'list mom'.
>
> dave mudge, is the new 'list mom'. i had mentioned my thoughts all ready
> to dave in a private e-mail. i had at that time told dave i would wait
> till theforge searchable archives were ready for use. the timing changed
> after it became apparent that numerous msgs were so badly mangled that i
> would have to hand edited them.
>
> i am not going to rant or whine in this msg.
>
> i am only presenting the facts concerning theforge archives
> and asking that members of theforge consider taking time to
> ensure that their posts and replies are readable by a human
> being.
>
> many of the msgs in theforge archives are mangled.
>
> example:
>
> the original msg by frosty is readable.
>
> [TheForge] Line Shaft Driven Factories
> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/theforge/2003-May/032915.html
>
> after a couple replies the original msg is mangled.
> you may have to scroll down to see the mangled portion of the
> msg.
>
> [TheForge] OT....story of Ketchikan
> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/theforge/2003-May/032921.html
>
> [TheForge] OT....story of Ketchikan
> http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/theforge/2003-May/032923.html
>
> the other problem which leads to mangled msgs is it would appear
> that a few e-mail programs out there have something against inserting
> carriage returns/linefeeds at a reasonable column.
>
> a common factor in the mangled msgs is that they all appear to be
> mangled after someone with an excite.com e-mail address replied to them.
>
> one of the purposes of theforge e-mail list is to provide information to
> anyone who wants it. to achive that purpose it would help if the
> information was at least readable.
>
> so if you feel like please check your e-mail program settings.
> good settings are something like:
> plaintext, no mime nor html
> reply indicator of '> ' ( that is "greater-than followed by at least one
> space. )
> linewrap at column 72.
>
> i am not asking anyone to check their e-mail program settings.
>
> i am not telling anyone they have to check their e-mail program settings.
>
> if you do not want to check your e-mail program settings that is fine
> with me.
>
> if you do check your e-mail program settings that is fine too.
>
> finally, i you feel so inclined delete theforge standard footer that
> appears at the end of every msg when you reply. after several replies
> these just become mangled.
>
> if you notice that your reply has caused linewrapping in the quoted text
> if you feel so inclined adjust the linewrapping so it is readable.
>
>