Re: ALL PLEASE READ (Snip those trailers!!!)

Personally I wonder what benefit the one-to-one chit chat (such as "I
am having my monthly bath next Tuesday at 3am - if you would like to
join me") is to most of the list. Could I add to the moderators
request that such chat be done "off-group" please? The one-
line "Thanks Fred" followed by 3 screens of unsnipped stuff is a bit
much.
BRG

--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "Peter D. Ehrlich" <norcalrr@s...> wrote:

Hi, mates!

Okay, it's time for my monthly message, which I'm entitled to do as

your

fearless listowner. It comes with the territory (and I don't mean

Northern

Territory).

Posts are getting very long and out of hand. It's very easy to add

a line

or two here to a previous message--especially if you're subscribed

to

receive "individual e-mails". But before you hit "Send"

or "Return", please

take a look at the rest of the message. Is it really necessary to

have

everything the previous three posters wrote? In nine times out of

ten, it's

not. Usually only the most recent response is necessary, to give

the reader

continuity. He/she can always refer back to the other posts for

additional

background.

Another thing we don't need are all those Yahoo! messages and

similar crap

at the bottom.

So highlight what you don't need and hit control-X (or Delete) and

then hit

"reply". Another way of doing this--as least on Outlook Express,

which I

have--is to highlight the message you are responding to,

hit "reply" and a

new screen will open. Then type in your reply and hit "send"

Long messages also consume a lot of bandwidth and fill up your inbox
quicker. And if you don't purge messages or move them to folders,

you'll

reach overcapacity and your server will start bouncing messages

sent to the

group.

One more thing: If you see that the subject line is [as an example]
"Brisbane" and the last five or six posts wander off into discussing
"Citadis Trams Around The World", change the subject line to

reflect the new

thread.

Remember too: If it ain't about TramsDownUnder (such

as "Windsplitters" or

truck tare weights, it's a TAN or OT post. Please indicate this in

the

subject line.

Cheers,

Milantram
listowner

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