Cohousing-L Mailing List: tag on messages / excessive quoting ...

[Fred H Olson WB0YQM (fholson]

The "[FWD]" on the end of subject line is to alert list readers that the
message has been posted to the list by someone other than the author.
(I do not have an easy way to change my "From:" header line temporarily
so they look like they came from me...)

However when you reply to a [FWD] 'ed message it would be nice to 
remove the " [FWD] " from the subject line before posting your reply.
I'm afraid mailing lists have some shortcomings and we work around them the 
best we can.  


We have over 400 subscribers now!  And the volume of messages 
has hit new peaks.  We need to keep trying to do what we can to
minimize the dreaded information overload!

0) Remember, DO NOT SEND COMMANDS TO THE LIST ADDRESS.  Commands go to
listserv [at] uci.com .  (I know I say this too often but I need to...)

1) If a reply is primarily to one person; send by email to that person
and not to the list as a whole.

2) Please try to avoid "excessive quoting" .  Just because you mailer
quotes the entire message when you reply does not mean that you need
to send tho entire quote back to the list.  Delete as much of the quote 
as possible while leaving enough quoted to provide context.  

3) While you're checking for excessive quotes read your message 
over and fix the worst typos etc before sending.  Typos
and poor wording make for difficult reading.  

If it's worth writing; it's worth your time to proof read 
it before sending.  If it's too long to warrant your proofreading;
it may be too long to bother posting since few will read it.



Keep on writing - but maybe not at the pace of around groundhog's day :)  


Thanks.  Fred

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