on Thu, Apr 11, 2002, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I'm subscribed to another list which is very high volume, and > > focusses largely on entertainment industry issues. Reader > > habits are highly different: bottom quoting, a wide mix of > > mailers, much HTML mail, varying quote markers, little if any > > response trimming.... I find the mess barely readable (and > > haven't looked at it yet this week). If d-u ever descends to > > this level, I'm out. > > Two newsgroups I'm on that are high traffic have a problem with a lot > of bottom quoting and very little trimming if any (or another cute > trick I see a lot is "So and so wrote at blah blah blah: / <snip>" > Why thank you for such helpful quoting. alt.fan.furry has this > problem more than alt.lifestyle.furry. > > Polite attempts to promote good posting habits is usually met with > hostility (again, on aff more than alf). Any tips for promoting a > clue to a group that actively repels it?
I hear there's a group in Ramallah that's been working on that for a while.... Seriously: it's a long, uphill, trudge. I use a mix of goads, examples, compelling content (IMVAO), and rather marked ignoring of those who fail to mend their ways. If the majority/concensus opinion is counter to your goals. Don't expect gratitude. The true solution may be to seek clue rather than attempt planting it. > > > People who subscribe from work often will have no say on this. > > > > > > - The obvious answer: don't subscribe from work. Use a dialup. > > SSH out to another system. Additionally, _most_ mailers allow > > enabling/disabling of HTML. > > Considering the privacy policy that most employers have, I'm not sure > why anybody would feel safe conducting personal business through a > work email account. Bingo. For me it's also a matter of brand preservation. I and my email address are fairly well known. They'll eventually migrate to a domain I control, but not for a while, at any rate. No need to wash them out with a changing stream of corporate addresses. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? ARM Computer: Customer Service Hell On Earth http://lists.svlug.org/pipermail/svlug/2001-November/038616.html
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