Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Rebecca Reid (rreidcohousing.com) | |
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:32:04 -0800 (PST) |
This appears to be a conflict of needs between digest and non-digest people.
As a digest person, I find tails so tedious that if I find myself reading
the same long tail twice I just delete the whole thing. But I can see how
it would be great to have if you were just reading that one message.
I wonder if Fred can come up with any briilliant solution to this. Rebecca Reid Pioneer Valley
Message: 5 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:56:21 -0600 From: James Kacki <jimkacki [at] mts.net> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ to "tail" or not to "tail" To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Message-ID: <BD2FDA4E-218D-4B6E-B2C7-64BD619EFCB2 [at] mts.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed The desirability of brevity notwithstanding, I read every message that comes through (not digest mode) and personally I'm having trouble piecing together the threads of conversations since we've de- tailed. It used to be quite clear and interesting reading the days postings and following the threads to their conclusions. (answers first, followed by the threaded messages in chronological order) Now the messages seem disjointed and haphazard, not clear who is answering what, bits & pieces of information and opinions, some answers at the beginning, some at the end, some interspersed between paragraphs, -in those especially its not clear who is the originator & who is the responder. Anyone else having the same problem? I don't want to upset the de-tailed applecart,, but.... James On 16-Jan-08, at 9:48 AM, Monty Berman wrote:Perhaps we could have posted at the top of every Digest the earlier- delivered mentioning of the practice of deleting not fully necessary "tails" in our automatic replies to messages (be it on this listserv or any of our personal messages). Regards, Monty Berman EcoVillage at Ithaca, NY (And I almost forgot to do this on this one )> From: cohousing-l- request [at] cohousing.org> Subject: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 48, Issue 23> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:16:07 -0800> > Send Cohousing-L mailing list submissions to> cohousing- l [at] cohousing.org> > _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:37:33 -0800 From: "Lynn Nadeau" <welcome [at] olympus.net> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Car sharing To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org Message-ID: <E1JFCCj-0003ah-89 [at] mail.olympus.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Lynn at RoseWind, Port Townsend WA You'll have to check this with your particular insurers, but what we were told here was that YES one person's insurance covers other people driving their carBUT the whole deal is null and void if any money has changed hands for theuse of the carSO our desire to jointly purchase a car, or pay shares of the insurance andmaintenance, would have resulted in non-coverage if there were a claim and the (forensic bloodhound) claims-deniers at the corporation could find evidence that the driver was by any stretch hiring the use of the vehicle.The result was that we shared the use of the little GEM electric, but didn'tpay the generous owners anything (at their request, so the insurance would be valid). Counter-intelligent. Likewise we periodically borrow a member's old pickup truck, but just for filling the gas tank. Lynn at RoseWind Cohousingwhere we shiver if it gets down into the 40s, and complain if there are twodays in a row without sun; yesterday I spent some hours doing yard work without a jacket ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:40:59 -0800 From: "Marcia J. Bates" <mjbates [at] ucla.edu> Subject: [C-L]_ Fwd: Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org Message-ID: <p06240802c3b3f1c856f3@[10.0.1.3]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Folks, I agree with James. The storage required for the added bits is trivial, while the loss of coherence is more significant. MarciaThe desirability of brevity notwithstanding, I read every message that comes through (not digest mode) and personally I'm having trouble piecing together the threads of conversations since we've de- tailed. It used to be quite clear and interesting reading the days postings and following the threads to their conclusions. (answers first, followed by the threaded messages in chronological order) Now the messages seem disjointed and haphazard, not clear who is answering what, bits & pieces of information and opinions, some answers at the beginning, some at the end, some interspersed between paragraphs, -in those especially its not clear who is the originator & who is the responder. Anyone else having the same problem? I don't want to upset the de-tailed applecart,, but.... James On 16-Jan-08, at 9:48 AM, Monty Berman wrote:Perhaps we could have posted at the top of every Digest the earlier- delivered mentioning of the practice of deleting not fully necessary "tails" in our automatic replies to messages (be it on this listserv or any of our personal messages). Regards, Monty Berman EcoVillage at Ithaca, NY (And I almost forgot to do this on this one )> From: cohousing-l- request [at] cohousing.org> Subject: Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 48, Issue 23> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:16:07 -0800> > Send Cohousing-L mailing list submissions to> cohousing- l [at] cohousing.org> > _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/_________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/-- ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:43:36 -0500 From: Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ to "tail" or not to "tail" To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Message-ID: <02313A0F-EFEA-4368-BF41-4C77CCBDAB69 [at] sharonvillines.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes On Jan 16, 2008, at 11:56 AM, James Kacki wrote:The desirability of brevity notwithstanding, I read every message that comes through (not digest mode) and personally I'm having trouble piecing together the threads of conversations since we've de- tailed. It used to be quite clear and interesting reading the days postingSome email programs will create theaded messages for you. I think if you read at the website, you can select threaded messages. The thread is always based on the the subject line. Several conversations at the same time are a characteristic of email lists, particularly ones with 1000+ subscribers. List Moderator ---- TakomaDC [at] yahoogroups.com Where everyone trims their tails! ------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ End of Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 48, Issue 24 ******************************************* -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.5/1228 - Release Date: 1/16/2008 9:01 AM
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Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" Monty Berman, January 16 2008
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Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" James Kacki, January 16 2008
- Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" Sharon Villines, January 16 2008
- Fwd: Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" Marcia J. Bates, January 16 2008
- Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" Rebecca Reid, January 16 2008
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Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" James Kacki, January 16 2008
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Fwd: Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" David Heimann, January 16 2008
- Re: Fwd: Re: to "tail" or not to "tail" Sharon Villines, January 17 2008
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