[DeTomaso] NPC: email replies

[Jack Donahue]

Email packages - interesting - never received one - got em from UPS, Fedex, etc, but never by email. Terminology. 

On Mar 20, 2014, at 6:39 AM, Asa Jay Laughton wrote:

> As Chuck pointed out, most email packages allow you to reply either with
> or without the text of the message you are replying to.  That's an
> all-or-nothing deal though.  And as Will pointed out, if you don't
> include at least -some- of what you are replying to, then it can
> sometimes become confusing to the person reading the email.
> 
> When replying and including the text of the email you are replying to,
> some mailers allow you to begin your reply either before or after the
> quoted text.  Most folks put their -new- text before the older text,
> like I'm doing here.
> 
> Others, like Mike Drew, will add their comments directly beneath the
> text they are replying to.  This makes it easier and more
> conversational; especially with Mike as he will typically divide an
> email and answer pieces individually.  I sometimes do the same thing but
> it becomes a manual process.
> 
> I believe the original question/complaint centered more around replying
> only to the "latest" reply and not having several pages of prior
> conversation.  Unfortunately, this is not the all-or-nothing approach
> most email software has.  And the Mailman list software archives the
> -entire- message, without tying to figure out exactly what text of each
> email is the very latest and deleting all prior replies.  It might be a
> "cool" feature, but as Will points out, it could make it rather
> frustrating when trying to follow a conversation when looking in the
> archives without having to open every email going backwards to try and
> figure out what was being discussed.
> 
> I would venture the appropriate solution in this case is to move the
> conversation on-line to the forum POCA has there.  You can quickly see
> each prior response and your reply is stand-alone unless you select
> specific prior text to "quote."
> 
> Asa  Jay
> 
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
> ******************************     
> http://www.racingagainstautism.com
> http://www.teampanteraracing.com
> http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
> 
> 
> On 3/20/2014 4:07 AM, Will Kooiman wrote:
>> That's funny, I never thought about that.
>> 
>> I prefer having everything in the most recent reply.  I normally skip over
>> everything except for the most recent reply, so it irritates me when
>> people delete the previous content.
>> 
>> As I read e-mail, I delete it.  Sometimes people reply from a 3-4 day old
>> thread, and I have to dig through my trash to figure out what was said
>> previously.
>> 
>> I never thought about how it would make the digest harder to read.
>> 
>> Plus business e-mail doesn't use a digest, and most people I've worked
>> with prefer to keep everything in the most recent reply.  It makes it
>> easier to follow the thought process, if you keep it intact.  That's why I
>> never delete the previous content.
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/19/14 11:46 PM, "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>  No such animal in the Mailman mailing list software.  Feel free to code
>>>  one up though. :)
>>>  Asa  Jay
>>> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
>>> & Shelley Marie
>>> Spokane, WA
>>> ******************************
>>> [1]http://www.racingagainstautism.com
>>> [2]http://www.teampanteraracing.com
>>> [3]http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>>> 
>>>  On 3/19/2014 8:37 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>>> 
>>>  On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Asa Jay Laughton
>>>  <[4]asajay at asajay.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  Just do like I do, hit reply then highlight the majority of the email
>>>  and just delete it.
>>> 
>>>  Yep, that's usually what I do, too. But I'm trying to reduce the volume
>>>  from other people who don't do that. It would be nice if there was an
>>>  option not to show all the previous emails you are responding to,
>>>  especially for people who use the daily summary.
>>>  Jeff
>>>  6559
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>>> 
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>>> 
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>>>  2. http://www.teampanteraracing.com/
>>>  3. http://facebook.com/racingagainstautism
>>>  4. mailto:asajay at asajay.com
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