Re: What's causing this?

[Martin Rowe <martin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wednesday 22 August 2001 4:52 pm, Andy Leisk wrote:
> It certainly is nice to know that something has been changed, but since
> what you suggested was that emphasis has been removed one only knows that
> something is gone, but now that we receive only the modified plain text we
> don't know what is gone.  What must do?  Go back to the original sender
> saying "hey - what did the mailer take out?  Not likely anyone will do that
> on the volume of messages with this feature.  So I would tend to agree with
> Lief, why not just remove the notice completely and thus remove additional
> clutter from our messages.
>
> Andy Leisk
> Senior Programmer Analyst
> Banta Global Turnkey Group
> Menasha WI USA
> Phone: 920-751-4434

I think it would be of more benefit to the original poster, so he can say
"Hey, that's not how I meant it" if a follow-up post seems to have taken a
different view on it. Having seen ISPs in this country (UK) withdraw usenet
postings from their servers due to claims of slander etc, which places them
in the role of a publisher, rather than just a transmitter (like a telco) of
messages, I'd hate to see that possible with these lists. I'm not sure how
the opt-in nature of the lists affects that, though. If something *did*
get out of hand, it *might* be difficult for David if it were claimed his
software edited out part of the original posting. As long as there is a
standard disclaimer I don't think it would be an issue (I'n no lawyer,
though). Please don't take this the wrong way - I'm not keen on unwanted
clutter in the messages, but I think this *does* serve a purpose. I'm sure
that if David doesn't have any issues with it, it'll disappear soon enough ;-)

I haven't seen any feuds or serious flamefests on any of David's lists but
unfortunately see them all too often on some of the other lists/usenet groups
I subscribe to. Maybe AS/400 users are just that bit more discerning and
civilised :-)

If you (as in you plural - those on the list) want to see less clutter, how
about stripping out all the quoted message trailers (that the list software
adds) that just seem to multiply exponentially as the threads go on ;-)

Regards, Martin
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