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Subject:length of posts to list, was RE: FrameMaker 2000? From:"RUBOTTOM, AL" <ARUBOTTOM -at- SENSORMATIC -dot- COM> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:57:17 -0800
FWIW, I believe that if you exceed including 30 lines of the original post
in yr reply [when answering/referencing a prior post], you risk having yr
msg bounced for being too long! [at least that's what happened to me,,, got
a msg from the listserv disallowing a post for being 30+ lines long]
This is reason enough to judiciously snip each reply, i.e. edit any msg text
you include, else you unthinkingly (try to) post too long a response!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Lucas [SMTP:peterlucas -at- mediaone -dot- net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 1:52 PM
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker 2000?
>
> p.s. I know how everyone complains about including original text in
> replies
> because it eats up bandwidth and causes the digest to grow like mold on
> cheese, but I can't help but chortle every time I see an e-mail on the
> list
> with its (I counted 'em) 14 lines of added text per message at the end.
> Just
> a little food for thought...
>
