[Ansteorra] A request for list courtesy

[Baronman at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/7/2006 9:53:33 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
silverhands at sbcglobal.net writes:

Greetings cousins,

Lately we've gotten pretty bad on this list  about quoting the full  
text of long messages, just to add a short  (often personal) reply.  
When you find yourself about to do that,  please ask yourself two  
questions *before* you click the "Send"  button:

* Do I really need to quote the full text? Or could I cut some  (or  
even all) of it without any loss of meaning?

* Do I  really need to send this to the public list? I.e., do 500  
people  need to see this message? Or is it really a personal reply  
that  could just as well be sent to one person, off-list?

I know that it's a  lot easier to just click "Reply", type your short  
message at the top  (of a possibly *very* long message), and click  
"Send". But that's  easier for *you*, not for everyone else who then  
has to wade through  a list clogged with unnecessary quoting.

If we can do this, it will  result in a list that's easier for all of  
us to read, and will be  especially appreciated by those who get the  
list in digest (bulk)  form.

I'm not meaning to pick on anyone in particular. As my German  great- 
grandmother used to say, "I'm not fussin' at you, I'm just  tellin'  
you." :-)

Kind regards,
Michael  Silverhands
occasional tilter at windmills



You go Mikey- see the feeble attempt at humor here?
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