Re: A third posting.../LONG MESSAGES?

Richard Tinsley (mailto:rtinsley@LAMAR.COLOSTATE.EDU)
Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:23:02 -0600

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Date:         Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:23:02 -0600
From: Richard Tinsley <mailto:rtinsley@LAMAR.COLOSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: A third posting.../LONG MESSAGES?
To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L

I would like to lend my support to limiting posting to one page with a
remark as to where more details are available.

Thanks to Robert for calling attention to this issue.

On Tue, 11 Apr 1995, Robert Bakker wrote:

> I would like to know if there is any policy on this list concerning
> posting long messages. Although personally I do not have
> this problem, I know that some people pay a lot of money to receive large
> messages. Isn't it better to give a summary (one or two pages) on this
> list and then include information where somebody who's really interested
> can get the entire file ? I am a subscriber to another list where this is
> customary, and it works really well.
>
> Rob Bakker
> graduate student
> University of California, Davis
>