One thing I do appreciate (on further reflection) is for the reply to be in
the message BEFORE (or above) the original message. That way I can scroll
down and see what the reply pertains to, but if not needed, I don't have to
ferret out the new thoughts. This does not seem to be much of a problem on
this reflector, but on some others, you must scroll down to see the new..
73 de Mike N4NT@wireco.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael O. Hyder <N4NT@wireco.net>
To: Ten-Tec Reflector <tentec@contesting.com>; "David B. Perrin"
<d_perrin@conknet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 9:25 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Oh, But I Disagree
>
> If we don't use 'reply' then it is difficult to know what the message
> pertains to. Some of us tend to forget things when we sleep. Often
replies
> are delayed by several days. So posting new messages instead of replies
> loses the continuity of the thread.
>
> On the other hand, trimming down some of the accumulation of verbiage is
OK,
> but for posterity, perhaps it ought all be kept. It doesn't take much
> bandwidth or storage space to store a plain text message.
>
> One thing that makes life easier for me is when folks put their email
> addresses in their signatures. Another thing that gives a bit of a hint
is
> to include callsigns, if they are not apparent from the email address, so
we
> know who is saying what.
>
> 73 de Mike N4NT@wireco.net
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