Actually, I've always been subscribed to get the non-digested form of the listserv for as far back as I can remember. And I'm using gmail which actually does a pretty good job of using the "-show quoted text-" to hide a lot of the repeated/redundant text. Gmail also places messages that follow a thread into a "collapse able" subject line in my inbox, so I don't have a new subject entry for every message that is received... messages are placed under the same subject header. As I've read new messages, it collapses and compresses the entry under the subject header. However, there is still quite a bit of redundant text for almost every message received.
<br><br>And simpjkee makes an excellent point about posting attachments like pictures.<br><br>Jake - Team A.I.<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">AZcachemeister</b> <<a href="mailto:azcachemeister@getnet.com">
azcachemeister@getnet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I would guess Jake must be opted for the digest format?<br>
I agree that posts quoting the entire thread can be overly long.<br>
The main problem is posters who have their EMail client set to add
their reply AFTER the text they are replying to.<br>
Sometime it is good to have the material being addressed available,
however. <br>
The same phenomenon can happen in forums as well.<br>
<br>
I see that the esteemed OP has added a reply that brings out the issue
that I originally suspected he was really concerned with, that being
the staleness of the 'news' items on the homepage. While the site
owners are willing to add fresh news items to the site, WE, THE
COMMUNITY must take the responsibility for writing them! Perhaps
something as simple as a 'shout-out' to a local who is about to, or
just passed a milestone? Perhaps something about a local event that
cachers might be interested in, but is not well publicized? How about a
'trip report' on that really cool caching trip you took last month
to...SOMEWHERE?<br>
<br>
Brian brings up some good points, but I have yet to see any really
objectionable posts on this list, and I would expect to see the same
restraint on an <a href="http://azgeocaching.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">azgeocaching.com</a> forum, if one should evolve.<br>
<br>
With that, I must 'vote' to maintain the status quo. I prefer to get
each post in my EMail...to be read individually throughout the day.<br>
<br>
Cache On!<br>
Steve<br>
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Jake Olson wrote:
<blockquote type="cite"><div><span class="e" id="q_115caa724f18a5e6_1">I vote for the forum. <br>
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I'm tired of scrolling through 3 miles of text to get to the next
message because people keep forwarding the complete conversation thread
when they post a response.<br>
<br>
Jake - Team A.I.
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