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Hi, I have two suggestions wrt. piclist duplicates and message *quoting*: 1. Every mailing list I've ever been subscribed to, and that does not mean much, has a mechanism that prevents re-posting of messages, no matter by whom. And you know what, they all work. I cannot believe that a commercial quality mailing list software like LISTSERV cannot implement this feature. In particular the mailing list software cannot receive ANY messages that have a 'Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list <spam_OUTPICLISTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU>' , and it should dump them on the floor immediately and directly (and notify someone). (hint hint). Since lsoft.com is running its software on Digital Unix (look at the headers), I *strongly* believe that this can be done in about 30 minutes. 2. Almost 50% of the digest I got today was made up of (responders) quoting messages in whole please note that we are all on the list, thus we all get the messages proper, and have no use for duplicates, quoted or not. As a minimum, cut the quoted message in the editor to leave only the relevant idea(s) to be responded to. wbr, Peter

On 6 Jun 2000, at 20:39, Peter L. Peres wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hi, > > I have two suggestions wrt. piclist duplicates and message *quoting*: > > 1. Every mailing list I've ever been subscribed to, and that does not > mean much, has a mechanism that prevents re-posting of messages, no > matter by whom. And you know what, they all work. I cannot believe > that a commercial quality mailing list software like LISTSERV cannot > implement this feature. In particular the mailing list software cannot > receive ANY messages that have a 'Reply-To: pic microcontroller > discussion list <.....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>' , and it should dump them on > the floor immediately and directly (and notify someone). (hint hint). > Since lsoft.com is running its software on Digital Unix (look at the > headers), I *strongly* believe that this can be done in about 30 > minutes. > > 2. Almost 50% of the digest I got today was made up of (responders) > quoting messages in whole please note that we are all on the list, > thus we all get the messages proper, and have no use for duplicates, > quoted or not. As a minimum, cut the quoted message in the editor to > leave only the relevant idea(s) to be responded to. > > wbr, > Peter > I get a lot of crap too. I wish there were a way to not only do what you suggest, but also scan the messages for ignorance, and delete those that have no relevant content.

<x-flowed>Adding my penny's worth--I have no problem with an extract of the content of the last message, but nothing beyond that--other than some way to keep all message subjects close enough textually so they will sort out together, and not all over. Also, if there was some way to kill unsolicited attachements--like those .VCF thingies, and other files that just clutter up and get in the way. To my mind, attachments should be sent directly to the intended recipient OFF LIST--and only if requested. Ignorance is a sacred void waiting to be filled. I plead ignorance a lot--which is why I put questions on the list, and respond when I can to the questions of others. Stupidity, selfishness, greed, thoughtlessness, on the other hand......... Kelly At 01:20 PM 6/6/00, you wrote: {Quote hidden}>On 6 Jun 2000, at 20:39, Peter L. Peres wrote: > > 1. Every mailing list I've ever been subscribed to, and that does not > > mean much, has a mechanism that prevents re-posting of messages, no > > matter by whom. And you know what, they all work. > > 2. Almost 50% of the digest I got today was made up of (responders) > > quoting messages in whole please note that we are all on the list, > > thus we all get the messages proper, and have no use for duplicates, > > quoted or not. As a minimum, cut the quoted message in the editor to > > leave only the relevant idea(s) to be responded to. > Peter > > >I get a lot of crap too. I wish there were a way to not only do what >you suggest, but also scan the messages for ignorance, and >delete those that have no relevant content. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just Switched to Cable-Net. If you get duplicate messages, please let me know asap. William K. Borsum, P.E. -- OEM Dataloggers and Seismic Instrumentation Systems <borsumKILLspamdascor.com> & <http://www.dascor.com>San Diego, California, USA </x-flowed>