[access-uk] Re: Trimming Posts
- From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 14:47:20 +0000
Hi Colin,
I'd have to confess that I usually move on after I've read the first two or
three in a thread. It would never occur to me to bother to find out how many
further posts there were. Once I find myself in familiar territory, I stop
reading. Under-quoting annoys me at least as much. By and large, if your post
has no nouns in it, it will probably not mean anything when read in isolation.
So, as Derek suggests, keep the previous message and delete the rest.
Best,
Clive
Clive Lever
Diversity and Equality Officer
Kent County Council
Office: 01622 221163
Email: clive.lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
Kent County Council
Room G37
Sessions House
Maidstone, Kent.
ME14 1XQ
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Colin Howard
Sent: 26 November 2013 14:31
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trimming Posts
Greetings,
As a rule, I do not include previous posts and am annoyed when others do.
However, there are times when keeping the previous post on the end is helpful.
As for Derek suggesting the method of "editting" the post to which you are
replying to keep the points the original sender makes, then putting your own
reply following, this is fine for short posts with, maybe, a couple of answers
required, but it does involve the replier in work sorting out what to send or
delete.
I have used the method before but sparingly.
I certainly abhore posts with umpteen previous tacked onto the end, I reckon
the worst example of this in my experience, occurred when this group lived on
Yahoo and I counted forty, yes I did mean forty, posts tacked onto the original
reply.
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