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Matthew Walworth <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:32:50 -0600
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On 3/16/08, MACSCRPT automatic digest
Maybe we subscribe digest mode because we don't want to have to delete
NUMEROUS gratuitous whiny etiquette emails from list snobs.

Just a thought...

system <[log in to unmask] wrote:
> There are 2 messages totalling 49 lines in this issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
> 1. Annoying Digest Replies (2)
>
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> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:59:24 -0800
> From: Walter Ian Kaye <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Annoying Digest Replies
>
> At 06:06 p -0400 03/15/2008, Gary (Lists) didst inscribe upon an
> electronic papyrus:
>
> >"MACSCRPT automatic digest system" wrote:
> >
> >> From: MACSCRPT automatic digest system
> >
> >Please stop replying to digests without:
> >
> > changing the subject
> > cleaning up the text
>
> Agreed. Choosing digest mode means accepting certain
> responsibilities. Mailing list etiquette has developed to be fair to
> the other members of the list. To not follow that etiquette is to
> behave in an antisocial manner. Please don't waste other people's
> finite resources, which is what you do when you shirk your email
> responsibilities.
>
> If you don't want the responsibility of fixing the subject line, then
> don't use digest mode.
>
> -boo
> who can't imagine why anyone would even want to use digest mode
> (apart from AOL users).
>
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>
> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:04:02 -0300
> From: Bill Briggs <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Annoying Digest Replies
>
> At 11:59 PM -0800 3/15/08, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
> >who can't imagine why anyone would even want to use digest mode
>
> I'll second that.
>
> - web
>
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