David Eyre wrote:
 
> posted to the whole list. Another problem area, lack of ettiquet. We still
> suffer from the whole message return, and a single line as an answer!
 
>         Would it not be possible to educate the newbees as to the proper form
> when useing e-mail, it would certainly cut down on ther clutter.
 
Hi David -
 
I have often thought about this problem and have wondered if there wasn't a way to
improve it. Maybe everytime we get one of those endless quoted replies with a one-liner at
the bottom we (whoever) should send the mail back to them with a copy of Netiquette
that Gerry made available a short time ago and kindly ask them to help cut down on the
groups clutter.
 
It's a tough problem to "fix" as there is no way to enforce it. Perhaps a form letter could
be composed addressing this problem and posted every month to the list for the benefit
of any new joiners. I remember when I first got invovled with newsgroups and lists that I
did the same thing but through the reminders of others pointing out the problem, I quickly
changed my habits. I would hope that most of the time this (clutter) happens without
people being aware of it? Maybe not.
 
Maybe others have given this some thought and have ideas.
 
And now, back to biology. It's cold here, my Honeybees are in their huddled masses and I'm
just waiting for Spring to come.
 
-Barry
 
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