[OS X TeX] Re: huge digests full of dreck
Johann Beda
j-beda at pobox.com
Wed May 22 20:19:48 EDT 2002
I guess it has been more than three months since I last posted
this, so maybe that isn't so bad. In any case, the digests are getting big
again, so here is another reminder:
At 7:17 PM -0500 2002/02/08, Johann Beda wrote:
> I hate to sound like a broken record - but could people please take
>care when sending email messages to the mailing list? The most recent
>digests have been well over 50% signature files, duplicate mime formatted
>messages, HTML formatted messages, pgp signature headers and footers,
>quoted extraneous content and excessively long signature files. These can
>be particularly troubling for those people who read the mailing list
>digest.
>
>
> If more than 50% of the content of your message that gets sent to
>the list is not actually typed by you - you are probably doing something
>wrong. Unfortunately some of the most prolific and "important"
>participants (in that they are making very valuable contributions) are
>among the worst offenders!
>
> This is not rocket science folks...
>
> Please remember to cut out the signatures and other redundant
>material from your replies to this (and any mailing list for that matter).
>Also remember to turn off HTML email features, and avoid attachments.
>Double check the subject to make sure it is appropriate for the message as
>well. Quoting the entire thread after your own signature is particularly
>annoying.
>
> TidBITS published an article on email list suggestions that is well
>worth anyone reading. The methods for automating signature selection are
>very useful.
>
><http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=05386>
>
> Anyhow, enough ranting...
>
> Thank you in advance for your continued efforts in this area.
>
>
>--
>* johann beda <XNSName: =j-beda> <http://pobox.com/~j-beda/> *
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* johann beda <XNSName: =j-beda> <http://pobox.com/~j-beda/> *
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