Guest guest Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 It'd be nice if you could just cut and paste the pertinent parts of the messages, when you are replying. I've noticed this past week that the length of the email digests are increadibly long, due to folks copying the ENTIRE text of messages they are replying to. Bobbie, I couldn't agree more! I believe this gets mentioned every so often and I have no idea why people don't want to comply with this simple request to make life a little easier when reading this list. This past week or so it has been even worse than usual and since prior requests to cut and paste have fallen on deaf ears so many times before, I kept quiet. Thanks for bringing this up again (I feel like I am the only one perturbed by this!), although I don't have much faith that people will heed the advice. Sharon P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 Those who don't read digest mode have no idea what you're talking about, because it's much easier to either read the emails one at a time (with a rule to stick them all in one folder), or to read them from the website (no mail). With the constant stream of newbies we have here, I don't understand why the digest readers don't post a friendly reminder once a month instead of whining about it periodically; people not reading digest are not going to just guess what they need to do to make things work better. Also, note that with the message below, a classic cut-and-paste problem has popped up... I trimmed of the extra message text, but then the person on the " from " line is no longer the author; Bobbie was the writer but her address information is gone due to the cutting done by Sharon. Sometimes people are afraid to cut things out because of the attribution problems that can result. That said, I've been on distribution lists since listservs were invented, and since day one, people reading digest have ALWAYS complained about people quoting entire messages. I think if you choose to read digest, to some extent, you're going to have to accept that there will be extraneous stuff in there that you have to ignore. On the Internet since 1984 Open RNY 09/17/01 Plastics 07/22/02 310/128/125 ________________________________ From: lilwhistler@... Sent: Sun 12/22/2002 7:52 AM To: Graduate-OSSG Subject: Cutting and pasting It'd be nice if you could just cut and paste the pertinent parts of the messages, when you are replying. I've noticed this past week that the length of the email digests are increadibly long, due to folks copying the ENTIRE text of messages they are replying to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2002 Report Share Posted December 22, 2002 I don't mind so much when there is an entire message copied to a post...but it is when you have digest and the entire digest is copied...you have to go through the entire thing...like 25 messages that you already read in a previous digest to get back to say..for instance..message 3....that is a major irritant...because I have to download the digest when normally I don't have to. It all takes up time and space on my computer..and those that don't have digest, I don't think understand what we are talking about. The worst case scenario is when several people do this, and there are digests imbedded within digests...100's of messages within one digest...and stuff we've already read...already!! it's enough to make you crazy. It would just be so simple to omit the full digest from the post. Only display the message you are answering, or the pertinent part of that message if you will. But, I too, think I am talking to the wall. Regards~ ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- Jacque -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* > It'd be nice if you could just cut and paste the pertinent parts of the > messages, when you are replying. > > I've noticed this past week that the length of the email digests are > increadibly long, due to folks copying the ENTIRE text of messages they > are > replying to. > > > Bobbie, > I couldn't agree more! I believe this gets mentioned every so often and > I have no idea why people don't want to comply with this simple request > to make life a little easier when reading this list. This past week or > so it has been even worse than usual and since prior requests to cut and > paste have fallen on deaf ears so many times before, I kept quiet. > Thanks for bringing this up again (I feel like I am the only one > perturbed by this!), although I don't have much faith that people will > heed the advice. > > Sharon P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2002 Report Share Posted December 23, 2002 Jacque, THAT is precisely why I don't get any of my lists in digest form. It sure isn't time saving! I just have outlook set up to dump things in different files.....and this list has it's VERY own! LOL Debbie in Gig Harbor ladybostons@... www.paws2print.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2002 Report Share Posted December 23, 2002 Yes, this particular problem IS caused by digest readers....don't put the shoe on if it doesn't fit....it isn't YOU that is being flogged....in fact no one is...it's just quite discouraging when this happens, and I don't think people realize what they are doing when they do it. If digest readers could just delete each post before having to sort through..it would be easy....so guess there is the downside of getting the list via digest...but there is no other way I can get this list...I'd be really overwhelmed. Sometimes when I see it must be downloaded..I just delete the whole thing...and miss a lot of good stuff. Regards~ Jacque > So am I to understand from this post that the problem driving the digest > readers nuts is also being CAUSED by digest readers? I don't read in digest > form so there would be no way for me to imbed a digest within my replies, > correct? Just checking cause while I do not want to be part of the > problem I do get sick of hearing about it...kind of like being flogged for > something I can do nothing about . > B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2002 Report Share Posted December 24, 2002 To me comments like this is what makes one feel as though they are getting " flogged " .........insinuating that someone just doesn't care or worse yet is " trying " to irritate is a rather argumentative suggestion in my book...particularly when it is pretty clear that the majority of people (myself included) have no idea what the heck it is you are talking about. And not only that, some people (myself included AGAIN) may simple be too puter illiterate to do know how to do what it is that you are suggesting!!!!!!!!!! P. Re: Cutting and pasting I don't mind so much when there is an entire message copied to a post...but it is when you have digest and the entire digest is copied...you have to go through the entire thing...like 25 messages that you already read in a previous digest to get back to say..for instance..message 3....that is a major irritant...because I have to download the digest when normally I don't have to. It all takes up time and space on my computer..and those that don't have digest, I don't think understand what we are talking about. The worst case scenario is when several people do this, and there are digests imbedded within digests...100's of messages within one digest...and stuff we've already read...already!! it's enough to make you crazy. It would just be so simple to omit the full digest from the post. Only display the message you are answering, or the pertinent part of that message if you will. But, I too, think I am talking to the wall. Regards~ ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- Jacque -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´* > It'd be nice if you could just cut and paste the pertinent parts of the > messages, when you are replying. > > I've noticed this past week that the length of the email digests are > increadibly long, due to folks copying the ENTIRE text of messages they > are > replying to. > > > Bobbie, > I couldn't agree more! I believe this gets mentioned every so often and > I have no idea why people don't want to comply with this simple request > to make life a little easier when reading this list. This past week or > so it has been even worse than usual and since prior requests to cut and > paste have fallen on deaf ears so many times before, I kept quiet. > Thanks for bringing this up again (I feel like I am the only one > perturbed by this!), although I don't have much faith that people will > heed the advice. > > Sharon P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 24, 2002 Report Share Posted December 24, 2002 I personally apologize if you felt " flogged " by any comment I made..it certainly was not intended. I have held my breath, jumped in with both feet and gotten myself off digest...since the problem is bigger than the digest is worth, I think. My comments may be more timely too, so maybe I am doing myself and everyone a favor. Regards~ Jacque > To me comments like this is what makes one feel as though they are getting > " flogged " .........insinuating that someone just doesn't care or worse yet > is > " trying " to irritate is a rather argumentative suggestion in my > book...particularly when it is pretty clear that the majority of people > (myself included) have no idea what the heck it is you are talking about. > And not only that, some people (myself included AGAIN) may simple be too > puter illiterate to do know how to do what it is that you are > suggesting!!!!!!!!!! P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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