On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 05:59:01PM +0200, David wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Chris Bannister > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:51:06AM +0200, David wrote: > >> Hi again list. > >> > >> I'm going to reply to several mails at once. Please excuse the length, > > > > Please don't do that. *You* can receive your mails in digest mode by > > specifying it with some command to the list server, but PLEASE don't > > enforce it on others. > > > > There is already an extreme waste of bandwidth by people not trimming > > their posts. > > > > Hi, I don't understand your complaint (maybe because I haven't used > digest mode before, and don't know how it works exactly).
Digest mode is where a whole lot of messages are rolled into one and sent periodically, maybe once a month but not sure. So if there were bits you wanted to keep it would involve a lot of editing trimming etc > If I send 5 separate replies instead of 1, doesn't it use up more > bandwidth? ie, extra mail envelopes, headers, etc. I did make an > effort to trim unrelated lines (not everyone on this thread has done > that). Consider: person a replies to part of your reply, so they trim out what is not relevant. person b replies to part of your reply, so they trim out what is not relevant. Already the messages are starting to separate, possibly returning to the state that was existing before you concatenated them but with the threads in disarray. > Or are you saying I should make my posts as short as possible, even if > I feel that a longer post is required to reduce ambiguity & follow-up > mails explaining what I really meant. Not at all, quite often a longer post saves the need of having to post several short ones. > At least with 1 mail you can delete/ignore it easier than 5 separate ones. What about deleting/ignoring 2 or 3 separate ones, at least you have the choice. > Please explain in more detail why 1 longer mail is worse, or provide a > link where I can read more. Hopefully, I already have. Also consider why threads exist in the first place. Maybe a google on "why threads" and/or "digest email" -- Chris. ====== "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
