Editing Messages - reminder

[Guest guest]

I know I'm not a moderator, but as a list member I have a lot of

trouble when folks forget to edit their replies. It's really hard when

you have to scroll down through SEVEN messages to be sure you've caught

everything. . . not to mention that messages load much more slowly when

they're so long. And some folks get digests, which means they have to

scroll through the complete message (including all the forwarded stuff)

before they are able to read the next new message.

So if you want to reply to someone, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE highlight amd

delete the extraneous text (after you press reply but before you press

send!). It's not usually a problem if you include one message in your

reply - but a back-and-forth dialog of several messages hanging on

below your reply just makes it difficult for everyone.

Cathy C.

[Guest guest]

Cathy:

Thanks for bringing this up. I've been thinking about it for a

while, but haven't posted anything about it.

It would be nice if people could edit their posts (because they can

get REALLY long), and when appropriate, change the subject heading to

reflect a new direction of a conversation.

Francisco

>

> I know I'm not a moderator, but as a list member I have a lot of

> trouble when folks forget to edit their replies. It's really hard

when

> you have to scroll down through SEVEN messages to be sure you've

caught

> everything. . . not to mention that messages load much more slowly

when

> they're so long. And some folks get digests, which means they have

to

> scroll through the complete message (including all the forwarded

stuff)

> before they are able to read the next new message.

>

> So if you want to reply to someone, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE highlight

amd

> delete the extraneous text (after you press reply but before you

press

> send!). It's not usually a problem if you include one message in

your

> reply - but a back-and-forth dialog of several messages hanging on

> below your reply just makes it difficult for everyone.

>

> Cathy C.

>