A. When list members reply to messages, most email programs automatically treat the message replied to as a quote.
Regardless of whether the reply contains no more than "Me too", the whole original message is sent back to the list and appears with the reply.
The obvious result is the repetition of the original content, often with little benefit to other list members.
In order to regulate this practice, an over-quoting limit of 30 lines has been set.
Anyone replying to a list message may have up to 30 contiguous lines of the original quoted to preserve the context of the discussion.
It is possible to quote more, by inserting answers at relevant positions in the original message (breaking it up into smaller blocks).
Any messages going over this limit will automatically be sent for moderation, which must be done manually.
As the moderator may live in a different time zone from the sender, it could be some hours before it gets processed.
In the meantime, it is possible the original sender realised the error and re-posted the reply properly.
That is well and good, however, should the moderator process the message(s) before seeing it, there is a chance both end up being posted on the list (confusion).
To prevent that, the moderator would have to read every recently posted message to recognise a repetition before approving or denying it.
This can be especially demanding when there are a lot of new postings and more coming in.
If the moderator finds a message has greatly/unnecessarily over quoted, the message will be deleted, and won't go out to the list members.
This will often require a private message to the list member about the problem. Below is an example of successful handling of quoted parts of a message.
[pchelpers] Re: Mailing List
Let's break that down a little.
somebodyIknow wrote:
>>I belong to a fraternal organization. We hope to save money by email about 60
>>persons a newsletter as a PDF attachment.
>>
Simple enough. People do stuff like that often. Attachments the same for
everyone?
>> The mailing list is on a web site
>>with links.
>>
Ok, websites have links- nothing new here. Nothing more implied.
>>However, I noticed that with either Netscape 7.2 or Outlook
>>Express 6 (I think) when I click on a link it does transfer to OE and Netscape
>>but one replaces the other.
>>
Now it gets confusing. Web sites have html links to web pages, and
occasionally to email message features. We are talking browser most of
the time here. Let's not confuse web sites with email messages that look
like them. Netscape has a browser. Outlook Express relies on Internet
Explorer to provide that service.
>> Is it possible to have the email address links run
>>consectutively on an email program. I am afraid it is typing one at a time.
>>
>>
>>
Email programs can send out mail to any number of recipients. Just
create a group in your address book and add the addresses of the
members. Then send out the messages putting the group in the BCC field
(so they are not revealed).
>>Gerald
>>
Did I understand you correctly?
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