[78-L] Oops!

[David Lennick]

Sammy Jones wrote:
> 
> I'm not a big fan of replying at the bottom 

I'm not crazy about it either when it means scrolling through a long original 
post, and many times the reply shows up as part of a quotation because the 
sender hasn't separated it from the original message.

> or inserting comments into
> someone else's original message.  

Actually, I like that format..replies are immediately visible next to their 
subject. As this message illustrates.

> 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...

That was kind of what I was referring to, especially when a reply starts on the 
same line as part of the original message.

dl
> 
> 
>>> 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
>>
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