[Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V2 #285

[Mike Johnston <70007.3477@compuserve.com>]

LUGGERS!!!!!! ****PLEASE!!!!!!!*******

I have a real problem with peoples' habit of re-quoting entire messages in
order to comment on them. It makes the LUG list take forever to download on to
my computer, and it makes it difficult to know what to read--to know what's new
and what's not. 

This has recently reached an apotheosis of absurdity. A fellow named Howard
Ball re-quoted the ENTIRE LUG DIGEST at the end of his message! The entire
bundle of dozens of messages that I had read yesterday, interminably downloaded
on my computer.

I have to answer up to 50 e-mails a day in my job as Editor of _PHOTO
Techniques_. I simply _can't_ participate on the LUG unless a little courtesy
is practiced. On CompuServe, where I "come from," it's considered polite to
simply patch a SMALL portion of the message you're replying to at the top of
your message. Also, brief comments on long messages are discouraged. We're all
reading these messages as they go by--a brief line to jog peoples' memories as
to what you're commenting on is more than sufficient. It's not necessary for us
all to re-read Danny Gonzalez's entire long message EIGHT TIMES so that people
can add their two cents at the end.

This is a plea. I beg you--exercise a little restraint and practice a little
courtesy! Have pity on the likes of poor me! Please???

- --Mike J.