On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:05:01AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> I see you receive the digest version of this list's posts. Many people
> do. People on the digest have a responsibility to change the subject
> line to the subject of the post to which they're responding. They also
> have the responsibility to delete all matter from other posts.
> Additionally, for clarity, they need to delete context material, even
> from the responded to post, so as to make their meaning clear. Those
> who top-post need to use specifics instead of pronouns and articles, so
> that readers know the reference without detailed parsing of the
> context. People who interleave post don't have the same need to avoid
> pronouns and articles.
>
> I understand that some people find it more convenient to receive their
> posts in digest batches, but please everyone, don't inconvenience others
> with meaningless titles and 440 lines of context, most of which has
> nothing to do with what you're replying to.

I don't like playing list cop on lists I don't run, but I have to
second this. If I see a message with the subject of <list> digest, and
the reply isn't immediately obvious, I just move on.

Greg


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