[chirp_users] chirp_users Digest Excessive Length

[Rich Messeder]

On 2017-04-17 06:35:-0500, Ken wrote:
>If its at the end, why not just quit reading after you have read the latest response? 
>
>On 4/17/2017 1:55 AM, M Noivad wrote:

@Ken: I agree, up to a point.

- I don't know what the digest looks like, but I /imagine/ a long email containing a thread? In that case, a reader must wend his way down through all the fog, just to get the meat of the thread.

- I find myself thinking the same as the OP on this subject, because even though I get individual emails, many of then contain a long list of repeated sections, presumably because folks replying just hit reply to a reply to a reply, etc. Annoying.

- I have been in business for decades, and using email since the 1980s. Even then there were simple protocols discussed to make everyone's email life easier. It's so easy to select an appropriate segment of the email by highlighting it, and hitting reply. The result is much cleaner and easier to read.

- It's nice to have the bit at the end of each email notifying us of 

>chirp_users mailing list
>chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com
>http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users
>This message was sent to ...
>To unsubscribe, send an email to chirp_users-unsubscribe at intrepid.danplanet.com

but I wonder if it gets so buried in the fog that users simply don't read it; hence the emails sent to the list asking us to remove the sender from the list.

At any rate, I support emails courtesies, and though I appreciate that there may be more programming on the mail list end to remove all the repeated footers, I support that, too. OTOH, >>> if responders simply select the part of the message they are responding to, and reply, then the earlier footers are gone. Problem solved, at the cost of a few seconds on behalf of each sender. And, I opine, a good email habit to have, anyway.

Though it may not be relevant for this list --- I have not paid attention, partly because there is so much fog in each thread here --- I often get emails that are replies that also include the attachment sent with the original post, and all because the sender simply hit reply or reply all.

~R~