Re: Cut your tails | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Beverly Jones Redekop (beverly.jones.redekopgmail.com) | |
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 15:45:10 -0700 (PDT) |
We have a resident whose computer program adds "re" to the subject line of any email he replies to. Therefore, we can have a thread of fifteen messages replying to a subject such as "Community Internet," and there will be a separate thread from him "Re: Community Internet." I keep expecting to get used to it and find it less jarring...but not yet! On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 10:56 Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote: > Hello again! > > Since Bob added a pet peeve to Jude’s request to trim tails … I have > several around the issue of trimming tails: > > People who trim waaaay too much of the tail or worse trim all of it or > start a new thread instead of reply to the thread in progress. > > And, Bob, I’m not sure my mail program allows “bottom posting” — I’ll > check it out. Frankly I like the most recent post to be at the top. You > can always read from the bottom up … Maybe we should have some standard > way of posting. Otherwise some emails will read bottom up and others top > down. That would make me dizzy … > > Best -- > > Ann Zabaldo > Takoma Village Cohousing > Washington, DC > Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC > Falls Church, VA > 202.546.4654 <(202)%20546-4654> > > As long as you have two or fewer … your ducks are always in a row. The > Covert Comic > > > > > On Sep 8, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Bob <bobleigh [at] twomeeps.com> wrote: > > > > The need to cut tails parallels the prevalence of "top-posting": putting > one's reply above rather than below the quoted text. For some, it's an old > pet peeve. I see it as a matter of changing taste. > > > > Bob > >> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > >> http://l.cohousing.org/info > >> > >> > >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > > >
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Re: Cut your tails Tom Smyth, September 8 2018
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Re: Cut your tails Sharon Villines, September 8 2018
- Re: Cut your tails Bob, September 8 2018
- Re: Cut your tails Ann Zabaldo, September 8 2018
- Re: Cut your tails Beverly Jones Redekop, September 8 2018
- Re: Cut your tails Beverly Jones Redekop, September 8 2018
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Re: Cut your tails Sharon Villines, September 8 2018
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Re: Cut your tails Tom Smyth, September 8 2018
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