digest users

[Chris]

R. Wood wrote:
> Allegedly, on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 09:26:57PM -0700, Courtenay W stated:
>> Hi all,
>> As someone who reads posts on Digest, may I politely request that
>> users try to remember to trim excess conversation off their posts? I
>> can't possibly be the only digest-reader here.
>> It would be much appreciated.
> 
> An admirable request, but I would not hold your breath.  Mailing list
> subscribers in more recent times seem to have forgotten that what they
> type gets stored in archives as possible solutions for those who search
> the web later on.  In my experience, more effort was made in the past to
> format mailing list emails so that they were generally tidy and well
> edited to exclude irrelevant text/content.  This makes it easier for
> those who are searching for, and reading, solutions later on.
> 
> Nowadays most posters to mailing lists don't bother to 'trim the fat',
> and haphazard mixtures of top and bottom quoting are the norm.  Well,
> you know that old saying:
>   Garbage In, Garbage Out
> 
> Have Fun with GNU/Linux,
> R.
I did Not know that.
Links to educate me please, send to: candive1 at gmail.com
Thanks
Chris.

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