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Wayne Smith <[log in to unmask]>
Fri, 20 Sep 1996 13:01:06 EDT
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[log in to unmask] (Brian Peasey) wrote, in part:
>I'm a new listowner and things seems to be going well, except for one
>thing. On a daily basis I recieve error messages when subscribers,
>who excessively quote in their replies, include the original headers.
>
>I've tried posting weekly warnings, ...
 
IMHO, weekly/monthly messages to your list are counterproductive unless
they contain significant information pertinent to the list discussions.
(Can you say "unopened junk mail"?).
 
I have had very good luck simply sending the author a fixed file such as
(I have a few for each of a few special occurrences) ...
 
:Hi,
:
:Your article to Hockey-L was not distributed because you included the
:entire article from a previous article.  Please resubmit your article
:including only what you feel is necessary for us to understand your
:reply.  IMHO, no quote was necessary.  Quote of a signature block is
:always a bad idea.  Thanks for your interest and involvement with the
:college hockey lists, wayne
:
:Wayne T. Smith                         Systems Group -- CAPS
:[log in to unmask]                    University of Maine System
:Co-owner of the College Hockey lists - Hockey-L/Info-Hockey-L/Hockey3

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