Rex,

> I've settled on autonag scripts

Would you mind sharing that script?

Subscribers not trimming prior text has got to be my touchiest hot
button. It drives me crazy. I periodically rant at the most egregious
offenders and sometimes consider setting their subscriptions to
review, though I have never done it. The subscribers (or a loved one)
have a terminal illness, so I try to keep it in perspective.

Christine in Littleton, Massachusetts


----- Original Message -----
From: "rex" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 10:56
Subject: Re: Editing posts (was: Privacy of postings)


> Winship <[log in to unmask]> [2004-04-05 07:38]:
> > The vast majority of my editing is directed toward making the
digests
> > as easy to read as possible (have you ever looked at a typical
LISTSERV
> > DIGEST (NOMIME NOHTML), where everyone quotes everything in every
reply?).
>
> Kudos to you Douglas. I've tried editing posts to trim irrelevant
junk a
> couple of times and it quickly led to burnout. It came down to
closing the
> list or giving up trying to make it more readable.
>
> I've settled on autonag scripts that send a reminder email to
posters who
> quote everything (based on finding 2 or more footers in the post) or
who
> do not include a topic keyword (my list has topics).
>
> I hope your subscribers appreciate the amount of unpaid work you're
doing.
>
> -rex
>