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Off-Topic: List Etiquette & Rules
From: "Cary, Kim" <Kim.Cary () PEPPERDINE EDU>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 07:47:21 -0700
I appreciate Joan's reply to the concerns recently expressed. I participate in several lists where attachments, and mime encoded portions of messages, are stripped. Many of the messages on this list come with a base64 encoded block that is 10x the size of the text, or with several hundred lines of CSS/HTML that is unreadable. I wonder if there is some sentiment on the list for having these message parts stripped (or, for having messages containing them rejected, as on some lists). Further, I wonder if the membership might consider, when replying, editing the 'quoted' portion of the message down to the relevant reference. It is not unusual to have a brief response tailed by the entire thread. As I read this list in digest format, in part so that I get an address that distinguishes this list from the rest of my mail, it means 'scrolling a mile' to get to the next message. There are technological solutions available server-side here, too, such as rejecting messages with more 'quote' than original material. I find this list valuable and it is one of my important tools in benchmarking our efforts and especially policies. I appreciate everyone's contributions, no matter how they are formatted. Sincere Regards, Kim Cary, Ed.D. Infrastructure Security Administrator Pepperdine University
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