Guest guest Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Kathy, <Sorry i don't mean to pick on you. This is just a very good example. I'm not offended. It's a good point. And as I cut the bottom of this off, I must admit you did pick an excellent example. I thought I would never get to the end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 <<And isn't it self-centered for expect others to do their work for them? If a person cannot take a few simple steps to make it easier for that person to sort and read their email they should not expect others to do it for them. Trimming posts is also self-serving. It makes it easier to read the replies. Judith Alta>> Not sure which side your arguing for? : ) But trimming is accepted standard " netiquette " and normally required for most lists. Kathy A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 I'll not argue with that. I am definitely not against trimming. Just stating that trimming can be beneficial to both the writer and the reader. Because the writer does become the reader. ;-) But one who does not trim should not expect others to do it for them. Most of the complaints seem to come from those on digests. The tone is that because they are on digest others should shorten the posts they send. Judith Alta -----Original Message----- From: Kathy [mailto:kacheson@...] <<And isn't it self-centered for expect others to do their work for them? If a person cannot take a few simple steps to make it easier for that person to sort and read their email they should not expect others to do it for them. Trimming posts is also self-serving. It makes it easier to read the replies. Judith Alta>> Not sure which side your arguing for? : ) But trimming is accepted standard " netiquette " and normally required for most lists. Kathy A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 " Most of the complaints seem to come from those on digests. The tone is that because they are on digest others should shorten the posts they send. " I have never been part of a list before where this courtesy was considered something to debate about, fascinating. Leann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Leann wrote: " >Most of the complaints seem to come from those on digests. The tone is that because they are on digest others should shorten the posts they send. " It's the polite thing to do and it's part of netiquette. It's similar to people with no netiquette sending someone a joke that has been forwarded a zillion times and has accumulated huge address books at the beginning. Do you enjoy scrolling down through all the garbage to get to the content? >I have never been part of a list before where this courtesy was considered something to debate about, fascinating. Ah! You admit that it's a " courtesy " . This appears to be a list that LOVES to debate ;-) and the K9's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Yes, please trim posts when you can. " Trim posts " means that you delete all the extra lines connected in your message when you reply - often three or four other replies are still connected and you might not know it unless you scroll down or trim regularly. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 C Yes it makes participating in this group difficult. I no longer read the whole Digest because it takes too much energy to find the new postings with bedsheets of untrimmed posts to navigate through. mjh"The Basil Book"http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/ ........ Must drive the people who get the Digest version crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 I understand what it means to trim posts, I trim all of my replies, thats what I couldnt understand. I dont think I trimmed 's (some posts are best read over and over!!)>> C> > Yes it makes participating in this group difficult. I no longer read the > whole Digest because it takes too much energy to find the new postings with > bedsheets of untrimmed posts to navigate through.> > mjh> "The Basil Book"> _http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/_ (http://foxhillfarm.us/FireBasil/) > > ....<WBR>..... Must drive the people w> the Digest version crazy!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 NAHHHH, golly gee, I'm smarterer than that.>> What a relief! I really thought that you didn't know how. You just > want all of us to read posts, over and over, again.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 , When you hit reply, you can put your curser at the top of the message,and then type your statement. Then just highlight the unwanted text and hit delete. I'm leaving part of your message attached, but deleting the rest. I agree that they are really long posts/threads, whatever you call them. How do people go find their old posts to check for replies? On other forums I'm a part of, there is a link to find your posts and re-read them. Or the forum just automatically sends me an email that someone responded to my post. WHy doesn't do that? Hope this helps, > > Can anyone tell me how to cut and paste... Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 , a suggestion, this is what I do with groups I join on . Change from digest to " no email " where you can just go to the website (I type in www.) and then log in and all your groups you joined show and you just click on the group you want and read the posts/replies there. This way, none go to your personal email daily and there's no long digest. I just find this much easier. > > I would like to ask ya'll to please trim your posts. I am on digest but have not been able to keep up (even on digest) because to scroll thru all the messages that are left on each email takes forever. Below is an example. (There were 25 emails in the digest. 90% have additional posts attached.) The first one is the new message and if you will look.....there are 8 previous posts that were left on as the conversation went back and forth. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 , I'm not sure how you receive/read the posts? I just did a reply about how I read all posts at the website so none come to my personal email. Anyway, at the website when I want to reply to a post, all I do after hitting " reply " and typing my response above the previous post is to scroll down and then I click where I want to begin to delete and highlight on down what I want to delete and press delete. Will that work for you too? > > Can anyone tell me how to cut and paste these posts because I've tried and perhaps I'm an idiot but I can figure it out. Thanks, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 >Anyway, at the website when I want to reply to a post, all I do after hitting "reply" and typing my response above the previous post is to scroll down and then I click where I want to begin to delete and highlight on down what I want to delete and press delete. <I think I just made it work. I'm not entirely sure what I did but it worked. Thanks, ( ) Re: trimming posts Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 I am so sorry, I for sure am a culprit , I will try to do better !!! hugs brenda Books, DVD's, gadgets, music and more. Shop online with Sympatico / MSN Shopping today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2009 Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Thanks, Pam. I get the digest, and couldn't see the last several posts yesterday because of this problem. I don't like to complain, so I mostly just ignore it. I know I could go to the site and read the individual posts, but there's a reason I get the digest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 By trimming posts I gather you mean delete the post that you are answering because it was already posted? That makes sense and sometimes there are posts and more posts from people answering other posts. I suppose the thing to do is highlight the previous post and delete it before replying or everything sent will be included in our response. Thanks, Joe C. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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