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Re: [OM] A suggestion for the list

Subject: Re: [OM] A suggestion for the list
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:28:19 -0400
No digest for me.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <skipwilliamsom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] A suggestion for the list


> OK, out comes the soapbox!
>
> I HATE digests.  I'd rather see the individual subject threads and read or
> participate in those that look interesting.  Otherwise I have to wade
> through the digests, reading a thread that may span more than one digest,
> which is quite a pain-in-the-a**.
>
> This way I can scan the subjects, and on weeks when I have little time,
only
> read the 5-100f the threads that I like.  The delete key gets a lot of
use
> in bulk.
>
> Also, when you reply to a message in a digest, you have to manually cut
out
> the text that helps keep the message in context, you have to manually
enter
> the subject so that the thread reads right, and you have to manually cut
out
> the cc: for the message author.
>
> Again, I don't like them.  At least for me.
>
> OT messages are a fact of life for active mailing lists.  All you can do
is
> minimize them.  Please don't try to stop them.  Sometimes a little OT is
> nice, just so long as it doesn't get out of hand.
>
> This topic comes up about 2-3 times per year, and always results in a few
> long-time people abandoning the list.  Perhaps that's a good thing for
some
> to abstain from the list for a while.  I know I've run at times when the
BS
> gets too much.  And when I return, everything is OK.
>
> Skip
>
>
> >From: "Robert Gries" <rgg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [OM] A suggestion for the list - was: Shiloh Reenactment Photos
> >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:06:14 -0500
> >
> >A former list member who has removed himself from the OM Exchange
> >because he is no longer a part of the list, has made a very wise
> >suggestion.  He proposes that if everyone received the daily digests
> >instead of the active e-mails, it might cut down on the amount of OT
> >traffic here.
> >
> >There has been an increasing amount of OT BS here, and it is unfortunate
> >that we are driving away some of the better contributors...
> >
> >
> >Bob Gries
> >
> >
> >
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