Re: [ATM] Replying to digest messages

["Pat Bunn" <pbunn@patbunn.com>]

I sure agree with this post - I can never figure out who or what Bob's post
apply to.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Brandenburg" <gfbrandenburg@yahoo.com>
To: "Bob May" <bobmay@nethere.com>; <atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Replying to digest messages


> Bob, concerning replies to posts: your replies are
> generally very useful but would be much better if you
> would include a short segment of the text that you are
> specifically replying to. Often times, 5 to 10 people
> have made comments on a particular thread, and then
> you will respond, but pretty much >>you<< are the only
> one who can figure out which particular comment in
> which particular post you are referring to. This would
> be quite helpful to others whom you are trying to
> assist. It is not hard to set your email so that you
> automatically will have the entire text below your
> response (as I do here) and then you can delete what
> you don't want to respond to.
>
> This is my second request to you to do this.
>
> Guy
>
> --- Bob May <bobmay@nethere.com> wrote:
>
> > I really don't understand why so many use the digest
> > version of the list.
> > The losses are that you have to do a bit of work to
> > post to the thread and
> > that you lose the threading of the posts on your
> > machine.  I usually keep
> > about a month's worth of postings in the Deleted box
> > so I can go back and
> > reread where things have been on a thread that I'm
> > interested in and by
> > looking at the subject line,
>
> Guy  Brandenburg
> Washington, DC
> My home page:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~gfbranden/GFB_Home_Page.html
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