E-mail Responses

[bartz paul]

I've said it before, I find it important to see BOTH the original AND
replies since I don't keep every message. Without the original repeated in
the reply, it's sometimes difficult to make the connection, particularly if
there is more than same day time delay interval in answering.

Paul Bartz

From: John Nepper, Jr. [mailto:jnepper]
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: GMC: / non-GMC

Excellent thought, another speed reading idea is to have the reply at
the beginning of the post.

John '76 Palm Beach Omaha

>
> One thing that really takes up a lot of space is where the original
messages
> are still being sent along with replies...

 

[blank]

Paul Bartz wrote,
>
> I've said it before, I find it important to see BOTH the original AND
> replies since I don't keep every message. Without the
> original repeated in
> the reply, it's sometimes difficult to make the connection,
> particularly if
> there is more than same day time delay interval in answering.

Understood, but it's not necessary to leave the entire message - just what's
pertinent to the reply. There's no excuse for leaving in signature lines.
Also, no need to leave message headers like "To", "Date" and "Subject" that
MS email apps like to leave behind.

Subscribe to the digest for a couple days and you'll see what I mean.

We've all got room for improvement in this area. Just take the time to trim
your quotes.

Patrick

 

[roger black]

Paul,
I agree completely as I am in that brain lapse era. What I was referring to
was the repeat of each original message by some and it eventually is a
multiple of the original plus answer plus all over again.

It is an automatic response that is in one's email set up. To reply to a
message line by line, as is often done and needed, one just has to click the
forward button and then enter answers line by line and send. This will keep
it all together in one post. Very simple to do without taking up all the
space as the replies get longer and longer and longer. A one sentence reply
often sends an email that is hundreds of lines long.

I'm no puter guru, but this is a simple thing to do.

 

[heinz wittenbecher]

I too like to be able to see original and replies, and I DO keep all
messages.
It's just so much easier and more efficient to have all pertinent into in
the most recent msg/msgs.

...and, just a little cleanup on the part of the "reply'er" will go a long
ways to trimming the msgs, i.e. headers that most email progs repeat can be
deleted as can lengthy signature blocks.
As in "include the meat, leave the veggies" (Apologies to any
non-meaters.... it's just a paraphrase

Replies at the top do make for most efficient reading. Sometimes doesn't
quite fit but should be the preferred method when it does fit.

Heinz

> I've said it before, I find it important to see BOTH the original AND
> replies since I don't keep every message. Without the original repeated
in
> the reply, it's sometimes difficult to make the connection, particularly
if
> there is more than same day time delay interval in answering.
>
> Paul Bartz
>
> Excellent thought, another speed reading idea is to have the reply at
> the beginning of the post.
>
> John '76 Palm Beach Omaha
>

> >
> > One thing that really takes up a lot of space is where the original
> messages
> > are still being sent along with replies...
>
>

 

[timothy brown]

Patrick wrote: >

As a happily "Digested" GMCnetter, Patrick's suggestion is well
received. Personally, I've adopted the Emery Stora format: Short
pertinent quote at the beginning to remind the reader of what you're
replying to (you won't be as likely to quote the succession of 13
previous messages here), your witty and erudite reply, and then your
name, coach model / year, and location. (There's always new lurkers
tuning in.)

I like the digest because I don't get to monitor my monitor all day.
When I get home, (usually late evening, restaurant biz ) I enjoy
cracking a cold one and reading the 2 or 3 ( lately 4 or 5! ) messages
from colonel-domo, each of which contain 20 - 25 postings. These are
easy to scroll through and read the good parts. I don't think I'd be as
happy opening 100 seperate e-mails on my WebTV. The trade off is
sometimes being a Johnny-come-lately poster on some hot button issues,
like home-brewed holding tank de-smellers.

As for non-GMC content, a simple addition to the subject line as Emery
suggests would be common courtesy for our fellow netters. I enjoy
reading many of these posts, ie: the common traits among GMC owners is
fascinating to me. (I have a '97 C-5 Corvette, but I don't fly planes or
operate a pork radio.)

Keep on Posting!

Tim Brown
78 Royale
Jackson Mich

 

[john dolan]

>Replies at the top do make for most efficient reading. Sometimes doesn't
>quite fit but should be the preferred method when it does fit. Heinz

That is the best way of saying it... that I have ever heard, Heinz...

Usually someone will cite an example where it doesn't fit, and then the
folks that quote two pages followed by "You can say that again Bubba" go
right on and continue to quote the entire message and add a few words.

Personally, I find the above method (limited quote followed by one's
response) more efficient, logical, and polite, but it requires one to
really limit the quoting to just a few lines.

- --
Regards,
John 74 Glacier

 

[john dolan]

> Patrick wrote: >

>> As a happily "Digested" GMCnetter, Patrick's suggestion is well
>> received.

I agree and let me take the time to say, I noticed that you also took the
time to change the Subject Line to something meaningfull. Rather than
"Re GMC: GMC MOTORHOME DIGEST V2 #642" Some folks may not realize that
they can change the subject line while replying to a digest posting.

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Regards,
John 74 Glacier