> From: "richardsachs@juno.com" <richardsachs@juno.com>
> Subject: [CR]Now: my beef. Was: Waken up John Everett!
> girls
> this is a perfect example of my biggest peeve with this liat.
> i am going on record to PLEA this suggesstion (and i'm not
> the first one to make this plea...):
>
> when you REPLY to a post, take the original emailer's
> text, cut and paste OR trim it to note ONLY the thoughts
> that you're replying to, and DELETE all the other parts
> of the text or prior replies by other. also, there is no need
> to have any post-er's email addresses in the cc field if your
> reply is concise - just leave the CR address in the "To"
> field. if you follow this suggestion, all emails and posts
> and their readlibility will be much more logical.
> fwiw, chuckie-issimo and phil'brown-issimo are the only
> listees who get these right. their emails are neat, trimmed,
> easy to read, nothing exteraneous...
Richie,
My biggest beef is with people who can't type, can't spell or suffer from both afflictions. I counted four cock-ups-two of each-in your above post. Logically, getting the words right in the first place aids "readlibility" more than mucking about with subject lines, etc.
Bryce Roggins Dudknee Scatland
P.S. And I know your heart's in the right place ;-)