From: marv@lancair.net
Subject: quotebacks again
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:59:31 -0500
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Hi everyone,

In case you haven't noticed, more than 1/2 the posts that are going to to the 
LML have my name in the "from" box.  It's because I am forced to remove 
excessive quotebacks from your posts.  If any of the posts on the LML with my 
name in the "from" box have a "posted for [insert your name here]" at the top, 
please think about what you're doing before you hit the send button.

Replies to the original message sent regarding the Rieff heaters is a good 
example... that message included a couple of images regarding pricing and 
descriptions of the units, obviously pasted in from the company's website. 
 Just about all the replies to that message have included the entire original 
post, which we've all seen.  That original post is over 200k due to those 
images.  Every time you quote them back you force all of the LML subscribers 
to have to re-download all that data which has come before, really slowing 
things down for dial-up subscribers.  Every requote of that post also consumes 
another 200+k on the server, and while storage has become less expensive in 
the recent past it doesn't mean we have to consume it needlessly.  Less 
expensive doesn't equal cheap and it certainly doesn't equal free.

I've said it many times in the past and suppose I'll have to say it again in 
the future, but we dont' need to read the same things over and over and over. 
 If you're replying to a message in general, don't quote back any of it... we 
all know what you're talking about.  If you're addressing a single point in a 
prior message, please select that portion you're referring to, surround it 
with  double or triple quotes so we know it's quoted content, and delete the 
rest of the original post.  Please remove all the headers from the original 
posts, as well as the LML-specific footers at the bottom.  I don't mind 
managing the LML, it's what I've done for the past 10 years so I must enjoy 
it.  What I don't enjoy is having to spend so much of my time doing things 
that I've asked for cooperation with so many times in the past.  So, if your 
name is in any of the "posted for..." headings on recent LML messages, please 
compare what showed up on The List to what you originally sent, and you should 
get a pretty good idea of what was removed and why.

Come on, guys, a little assistance in this regard would be greatly 
appreciated.

    <Marv>