You could always killfile the worst offenders...
But I think, really, this becomes a small issue of mailing list
etiquette. it is rarely the case that every post in a thread needs
responding to. Generally, if you write one or two responses, you will
have made every point that you intend to make, and further posting will
amount to restating the same point in response to different arguments.
But I've also never seen a mailing list where everybody gets this point
on every thread. So, really, you're probably SOL.
-Snowspinner
On Feb 22, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Viajero wrote:
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:20:38 +1100, David Gerard
<fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
and (using the bit at the bottom) set their mail
feed to daily digest
and Zoney wrote:
Using an email system that groups messages by
thread is very helpful.
Neither digests nor fancy mailers solve the issue of overposting.
Besides, digests cause other problems. I use Thunderbird, which is
very proficient at sorting messages by thread, even when the subject
is changed. But the sorting system fails when people who subscribe to
the digest version post a reply by replying the digest message or by
starting a new message.
In short, there is no quick & easy tech fix (AFAIK, Mailman, the
program this list uses, does not support daily quotas). If overposting
continues to be a problem, some kind of voluntary agreement, like the
three revert rule, may be the only solution.
V.
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