[78-L] Oops!

[Sammy Jones]

Steven,

I like the system of sticking with the original subject line and then
appending "was..." if things turn too far away.

I'm not a big fan of replying at the bottom or inserting comments into
someone else's original message.  For those of us who reply with "sideways
carats" (what are these called again???), it makes it difficult to discern
the original message from any replies.  Notice below...

Sammy Jones

> > We weren't going to send the Netiquette Police after you, but this is
> a
> > good
> > opportunity to point this out..when you respond to a message,
> Please..
> > (1) Make sure the subject line deals with the message, especially
> when
> > responding to something received in the digest.
> >
> I used to "update" subject lines to reflect the new content; however, I
> caught
> merry hades from a couple of folks who file their received e-mail by
> subject
> in order to keep threads together...since my new subject-line entries
> made
> that difficult at best! Any thoughts here?
> 
> > (2) Please quote SOME part of the original message! There are too
> many
> > one-line
> > messages showing up that refer to long-deleted or forgotten topics,
> most
> > of
> > them rather nasty in tone.
> >
> BUT...there is NO need to re-post the entire original message, which we
> have
> presumably already seen! Simply use "Edit" and "Copy" to put into your
> post
> the RELEVANT line(s) in the original you are answering or commenting
> upon...?!
> 
> ...stevenc
>