Bruce Scott TOK <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> writes:
> Donn Miller wrote:
>
>>I think the fact that so few of his posts generate followups is a good
>>argument for grouping a number of his posts into one post. I don't mean
>>create one giant post containing 200 posts, but rather, do something
>>like is done with FAQs: break the posts down into 3-4 or so posts.
>
> I vote against that... it is much faster for me to peruse the subject
> lines in trn and jump in only to the threads I want. As Roy S explained
> earlier, if they were all in digest form it would be much less clear
> what was being replied to. In the present instance, it is obvious.
> Sometimes one particular topic will produce a thread, while others
> won't. You cannot predict that while posting first.
>
> BTW I do peruse cola every day nowadays... and these news articles are
> the reason.
The set up a mailing list like everyone else does. This is a public
NG : not a mailing list. There is a big difference.
When there are reams of news posts it should be aimed at subscribers
only.
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