| Re: [GMCnet] Forum Topics/Titles and Reply Format [message #229018] |
Sat, 09 November 2013 01:46  |
Steve Jess
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For users who receive the mailing list in digest format ,(I.e., one long email with all of the day's messages) there is no way to reply "correctly". You have to cut and paste the message subject or else it'll just say GMCNet Digest...
I was on the digest mode for months and switched to regular mode. That made it a lot easier to follow threads, as well as reply to messages.
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From: "Ken Burton" <n9cv@comcast.net>
Sent: November 8, 2013 5:37 PM
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Forum Topics/Titles and Reply Format
armandminnie wrote on Fri, 08 November 2013 17:00
> The biggest forum/emailer issue I think is that some emailers split the thread by NOT replying "correctly". I think they must just copy the subject line from someone else's message and then send it out as a new message instead of using the "reply" function of their email program. If you look at messages (on the forum at least) you will see that each message has a number and if it is a reply to another message then it quotes that message number. That is what the forum software uses to build the tree display structure.
There is no set answer when it comes to email programs. It all depends on what program (or web site in the case of services like gmail or yahoo) the end user is using. So you cannot give general instructions to people and say you did this right or wrong.
The thing about web based forums is everyone starts or replies to postings in the same manner because only one program is running the show for all members.
Email relay systems were never designed for advanced functions. They simply receive an email, verify it's authenticity, and send it out to every one on it's internal list. Any further processing (if any) is the responsibility of receiver's email program. Some email relay systems do have the ability to batch received emails together and send them out only when a certain number have been held in queue or a certain amount of time has expired.
My best advice is to put up with it because you are never going to fix it as long as email access with it's limited function is intermixed with a higher function system.
Be happy with what you have.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Forum Topics/Titles and Reply Format [message #229027 is a reply to message #229018] |
Sat, 09 November 2013 08:13  |
armandminnie
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| Steve Jess wrote on Sat, 09 November 2013 00:46 |
For users who receive the mailing list in digest format ,(I.e., one long email with all of the day's messages) there is no way to reply "correctly". You have to cut and paste the message subject or else it'll just say GMCNet Digest...
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Aha! That explains it. That is why I have heard people say they monitor stuff via email but reply via the forum. I guess it would be a little difficult to find the right spot to reply but it sure would help keeping replies in context and threads intact.
Armand Minnie
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| Re: [GMCnet] Forum Topics/Titles and Reply Format [message #229028 is a reply to message #229018] |
Sat, 09 November 2013 08:22 |
rcjordan
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As a forumite, I would rather deal with the nuisance than have anyone hesitate to reply because of worrying that it'll break something.
>Aha
Yep, that explains the other symptoms, too; same persons, usually delayed somewhat.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Forum Topics/Titles and Reply Format [message #229033 is a reply to message #229018] |
Sat, 09 November 2013 08:43 |
rcjordan
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>I scan
That's why I like the dual set-up. I have a folder in gmail for gmcnet. I'm able to quickly scan the overall activity of the forum as well as within an individual thread. If, say, I see that a thread is going to dwell on pedantic minutia (which is a GOOD thing, Rob) then I may not visit again until it has run its course.
SOLD 77 Royale Coachmen Side Dry Bath
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