Re: [ATM] Replying to digest messages

[Ken Hunter <atm_ken_hunter@yahoo.com>]

I've made the same suggestion many times... All
ignored.

Ken Hunter



--- Pat Bunn <pbunn@patbunn.com> wrote:

> 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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