[Cheese] List Etiquette

[Dion Hollenbeck]

I would like to remind the members of this list of a point of list 
etiquette that applies to *every* list you can join over the internet.

When you reply to a post, please take the time to edit the original 
post and only leave enough of the original post to establish a 
context for your reply.

Especially if you are in digest mode, DO NOT copy the whole digest 
back to the list only to add a couple of lines of comments at the 
top.  We have all seen all the posts already and do not need to see 
the whole digest once again.

If you need an excellent example of proper editing, just look at any 
of Jack's posts.

The reasons behind this are many.  First, the HBD server is a little 
under powered.  When you copy the whole digest back to the list, you 
are sending it out to everyone on the list and that can bog down the 
server with useless information that has already been sent.  It also 
puts a duplicate copy of the information in the list archives, again, 
useless waste of disk space.

Second, there may be people on this list who have a very slow 
internet connection or have to get their Email at an internet cafe 
and pay for every minute they are connected.  Most Email lists are 
not confined to American urbanites with high speed connections, but 
also have subscribers around the world and in very rural areas with 
slow connections.  One of the lists I manage has one subscriber in 
Kenya who gets his Email by using his cell phone - slow,slow,slow....

Please be considerate of your fellow members in this community and 
take the extra few minutes to edit your replies.  Don't just hit SEND.

And lastly, thanks to Jack for taking the thankless task of 
administering this list.  He is *much* more patient with people than 
I would be.

thanks and regards,
dion


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Dion Hollenbeck
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