On Sun, 3 Aug 2014 10:55:00 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com> wrote:
Hello Steve,
>Yes, but *not* changing the Subject is an atrocity. I've often thought
>of piping everything with digest type Subjects to /dev/null. Another
>atrocity is these guys who leave the entire digest intact when replying.
I tend to agree with you, Steve. On a list like this one where people
are, usually quite au fait with the relevant technology.
Unfortunately, I'm subscribed to many, *many* mailing lists that are
populated by people that have no idea how an MUA /actually/ works. I
see umpteen ways of quoting text, many of which don't show as quoted
here, due to the way it's been done. Quite an achievement, given that
99.9999% of MUAs quote correctly "out of the box". Then there's the
top posting, bottom posting, not trimming, changing the Subject to
(falsely) start a new thread but *not* changing the Subject of the
digest....
I could go on. And on. Frankly, I've given up.
Personally, I feel that Sheldon Cooper(1) has the right idea; We
shouldn't kill everyone that can't cope with the technology, but if we
make an example of a few, it'll give the rest incentive to learn.
(1) A 'Big Bang Theory' character for those that don't know.
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