Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roger, It is precisely because this type of mailing list does not automatically thread conversations that it is useful that individual posters help other readers follow the conversation. Otherwise you might just as well go private. Please also keep in mind that 2/3 of all LUG posts are posted from the USA, during the night for 'us' (GMT +some). So, when I get the full load in at the first morning connection, I appreciate being able to jump into conversations that I have not followed from the very beginning. Pasting ENOUGH (not everything, of course) of the previous data helps non synchronised luggers to voice their opinion without being over-redundant with things that might have been written a few hours earlier. And without having to read extensively every single one of the earlier posts, if these have not yet been deleted. I do not consider the list 'owes' me anything BTW. Alan On jeudi 25 mars 1999 21:09, Roger Beamon [SMTP:roger@beamon.org] wrote: > On 25 Mar 99, Alan Ball wrote, at least in part: > > > I'd argue against you that quite a few posters do not leave enough of the > > original posts, and therefore all too often seem to argue with non > > existent entities, when you catch the thread en route. > > But, Alan, you're making a case for the list 'owing' you the whole > schmear if you come late to the thread. It's the reader's > responsibility to keep up with the threads or not; the list owes > you nothing.