Attempt to Shorten Messages

[frank drakman]

I know this has been suggested in the past..and I think is a good time to suggest this again... I am finding that so many of the messages Listers are sending out recently to be unnecessarily long. When comments are being sent out many Listers are simply adding their comments to what is quite often a very long and drawn out thread of information. Members are often simply adding a couple lines of new information/comments to pages and pages of previous emails on a specific topic. I am finding that it is taking longer and longer just to scroll down through all of this previously sent messages.

As the vast majority of us go through our messages daily (or so) I suggest that when somone wants to comment on a previous e-mail that they edit 95 percent of the previous e-mails out - keep only what is absolutely necessary to let listers know what previous e-mail is being commented on. It means taking a few extra seconds to do a little erasing but it makes going through these messages easier and much quicker. With over 400 people on this list now there are more and more messages being sent every day.

Comments?

Rob Greaves

[murray arundell]

Works for me......... frankly there is WAY too much stuff on here that is totally irrelevant to TABC and there may well be a few others like me who are close to signing off...... The odd joke is fine, but the amount of time wasted on stupid stuff like where to put one's ashes on a TC is a little too much even me sitting under my "Outback Rock"........ Cheers - Murray

Comments? Rob Greaves

[MBS Sales & Marketing Ltd.]

Works for me too Bruce Doran-Veevers Tc 5974

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] t.greaves@hyperlinx.net [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, December 10, 2001 4:10 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] Attempt to Shorten Messages I know this has been suggested in the past..and I think is a good time to suggest this again... I am finding that so many of the messages Listers are sending out recently to be unnecessarily long. When comments are being sent out many Listers are simply adding their comments to what is quite often a very long and drawn out thread of information. Members are often simply adding a couple lines of new information/comments to pages and pages of previous emails on a specific topic. I am finding that it is taking longer and longer just to scroll down through all of this previously sent messages. As the vast majority of us go through our messages daily (or so) I suggest that when somone wants to comment on a previous e-mail that they edit 95 percent of the previous e-mails out - keep only what is absolutely necessary to let listers know what previous e-mail is being commented on. It means taking a few extra seconds to do a little erasing but it makes going through these messages easier and much quicker. With over 400 people on this list now there are more and more messages being sent every day. Comments? Rob Greaves Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[Ray McCrary]

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----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] mbssales@on.aibn.com [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com ; t.greaves@hyperlinx.net [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, December 10, 2001 4:23 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] Attempt to Shorten Messages Works for me too Bruce Doran-Veevers Tc 5974 ----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] t.greaves@hyperlinx.net [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, December 10, 2001 4:10 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [mg-tabc] Attempt to Shorten Messages I know this has been suggested in the past..and I think is a good time to suggest this again... I am finding that so many of the messages Listers are sending out recently to be unnecessarily long. When comments are being sent out many Listers are simply adding their comments to what is quite often a very long and drawn out thread of information. Members are often simply adding a couple lines of new information/comments to pages and pages of previous emails on a specific topic. I am finding that it is taking longer and longer just to scroll down through all of this previously sent messages. As the vast majority of us go through our messages daily (or so) I suggest that when somone wants to comment on a previous e-mail that they edit 95 percent of the previous e-mails out - keep only what is absolutely necessary to let listers know what previous e-mail is being commented on. It means taking a few extra seconds to do a little erasing but it makes going through these messages easier and much quicker. With over 400 people on this list now there are more and more messages being sent every day. Comments? Rob Greaves Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[Skip Kelsey]

Rob: Good idea, but some of us are computer challanged and dont know how to conduct this operation. Skip Kelsey........................ At 04:10 PM 12/10/01 -0500, Tammy Greaves wrote:

I know this has been suggested in the past..and I think is a good time to suggest this again... I am finding that so many of the messages Listers are sending out recently to be unnecessarily long. When comments are being sent out many Listers are simply adding their comments to what is quite often a very long and drawn out thread of information. Members are often simply adding a couple lines of new information/comments to pages and pages of previous emails on a specific topic. I am finding that it is taking longer and longer just to scroll down through all of this previously sent messages. As the vast majority of us go through our messages daily (or so) I suggest that when somone wants to comment on a previous e-mail that they edit 95 percent of the previous e-mails out - keep only what is absolutely necessary to let listers know what previous e-mail is being commented on. It means taking a few extra seconds to do a little erasing but it makes going through these messages easier and much quicker. With over 400 people on this list now there are more and more messages being sent every day. Comments? Rob Greaves Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

[Frank O_ The Mountain]

In a message dated 12/10/01 14:27:47 Pacific Standard Time, mbssales@on.aibn.com writes: > Well, you ain't working it! The whole original message is attached to your message plus plus. Some of you must read you mail on Browsers and your messages are full of HMTL junk.........I believe this can be turned off so that you communicate in standard text. Chip help us out here........just getting rid of all that html or what ever it is would cut our bytes in half.... Terry

[Emgeeguy@aol.com]

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[Emgeeguy@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/10/01 6:46:58 PM Central Standard Time, kelsey@shadetreemotors.com writes:

dont know how to conduct this operation.

Before hitting reply, use the mouse to highlight that portion of the message that you want to repeat in your response, then hit respond. Larry

[Ray]

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