Mailing list abuse

What is the procedure for dealing with it? Is it considered abuse to reply to and quote the entire digest for the sake of a few lines of content? Am I the only one annoyed by this (if so I'll just shut right up).

Rodney

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Rodney Morris <rodney.morris@gmail•com> wrote:

> What is the procedure for dealing with it? Is it considered abuse to reply
> to and quote the entire digest for the sake of a few lines of content? Am I
> the only one annoyed by this (if so I'll just shut right up).

I would not go as far as calling it 'abuse' if it is not done on purpose. Probably the person doesn't even know he/she is doing this. Best to mail the person and ask (nicely) instead of complaining to the list.

Wladimir

Not a bad idea. Semantics of the word abuse not withstanding.

I don't want to become the self appointed mailing list cop, but I notice it maybe more than others because I almost exclusively read this mailing list on a mobile device. Hence my asking for feedback without publicly calling anyone out.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Rodney On 21/04/2014 3:47 pm, "Wladimir" <laanwj@gmail•com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Rodney Morris <rodney.morris@gmail•com>
> wrote:
> > What is the procedure for dealing with it? Is it considered abuse to
> reply
> > to and quote the entire digest for the sake of a few lines of content?
> Am I
> > the only one annoyed by this (if so I'll just shut right up).
>
> I would not go as far as calling it 'abuse' if it is not done on
> purpose. Probably the person doesn't even know he/she is doing this.
> Best to mail the person and ask (nicely) instead of complaining to the
> list.
>
> Wladimir
>