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Re: posting Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2011 #1198



On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 09:02 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 06:45 +0000,
> debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> >         On 23/06/11 00:01, lee wrote:
> >         > Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com> writes:
> >         > 
> >         >> On 22/06/11 21:53, Camaleón wrote:
> >         >>>> On 21/06/11 23:29, Camaleón wrote:
> >         >>>>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:21:01 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
> >         wrote:
> >         >>>>>> But at least you did not reply to a digest.
> >         >>>>>
> >         >>>>> Sure. I'd say digests are for reading more than
> >         replying.
> >         >>
> >         >> And I am in absolute agreement with you!
> >         > 
> >         > Hm, I wonder why anyone is going to the lengths of replying
> >         to digest
> >         > messages rather than just subscribing to the list ...
> >         
> >         You could just ask the person.... (look for the "Digest"
> >         subject line)
> >         I've had to replied to posts from digests - I edit out the
> >         digest cruft
> >         rather than perpetuate an abomination.
> >         
> >         For convoluted reasons I subscribe to a digest from another
> >         list - I
> >         edit my responses carefully though. While some will argue that
> >         ruins the
> >         header information - the purpose is to make indexing for
> >         searching, and
> >         threading by subject line, work. Not to provide a forensics
> >         trail for
> >         the anally retentive.
> 
> It's easier for GNU mailman digest. There you get the subject line and
> you easily can copy and paste it, so at least I won't forget to do it,
> while I sometimes forget to do it for the Debian list.
> Another issue for the Debian digest is, that even HTML formatted spam
> isn't eliminated, hence scrolling through the Digest is annoying. People
> writing to the list should do it by plain text only, so it would be easy
> to eliminate HTML based spam.
> 
> IMO Digest should be for replies too, not only to lurk the list. You can
> read the archive if you only would like to lurk.
> 
> -- Ralf

An example for GNU mailman digest a reply *with marked text* keeps the
subject:


Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:27:19 +0200
> From: Ralf Mardorf
> Subject: Re: [LAU] Text-based sound visualisation?


But for Debian digest a "reply" *with marked text* causes:


On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:36:15 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:


I mark the text before I push the reply button, to select the quote.


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