To: OAS     --LMS1

FROM: Betsy Moir (TTCEDM) Ext 85020
      VM Tech Services
      email:  betsy.moir AT abbott DOT com
Subject: Re[2]: A request


Just out of curiosity......why does anybody read the same paragraph over and
over?  If you already feel that the attachments are unnecessary, why do you
bother to read anything but the answer?  I'm not trying to be
sarcastic here - I really *don't* understand why the attachments are such
an annoyance.

Betsy
*** Forwarding note from OWNERAD1--INTERNET 97/09/16 07:50 ***





TO:         NOREPLY  INTERNET  ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
FROM:       OWNERAD1 INTERNET  owner-adsm-l AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
DATE:       09/16/97 07:50
SUBJECT:    Re[2]: A request
     Recycle your plastic and glass, buy cars that don't pollute the
     environment, save our lakes and streams, I hardly consider getting a
     few bytes more of e-mail being wasteful or lazy. I happen to like
     getting the complete history of the mailing, mainly because I have
     better things to do than dig through archives.  No, I don't like
     clutter, but I also don't like getting spam and junk mail electronic
     or hardcopy, I have yet to convince anyone to stop sending it.  So, in
     conclusion, I'm going to get back to figuring out ADSM.


______________________________ Reply Separator ________________________________
Subject: Re: A request
Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> at INTERNET
Date:    9/15/97 5:53 PM


>
>      Leave the original text alone.  I would rather see all the history
>      leading up to the answer then trying to sort thru all my mail to track
>      the resolution.
>
> "I'm sure everyone on the list will be grateful to you for taking the trouble
> Thanks."  {and it's alot easier to cut and paste from the original message if
> need be}
> ""

It's lazy and wasteful to include everything.  I'm sure I'm not the only
one out here who stacks up eight or nine hundred messages at a time from
various lists...  No I don't read them all, but I can generally pick out
threads that interest me.  I just don't have the time to wallow in all the
crap that doesn't pertain to an answer.  And I have enough control over my
mail reader to go back and read an entire thread without causing a cerebral 
hemorrhage.

Frankly, it gets a little tiring to read through the SAME paragraph in
eight different messages an hour.

Mark

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