[sumo] please, please trim your replies

[sumo at paketjapan.com]

It was a simple, polite request for those that are able to do so, with
an explanation as to why the request was being made.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Cheers, Pete.

> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:36:09 +0900
> From: "Joshua Maciel" <joshua.maciel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [sumo] please, please trim your replies
> To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
>
> For all the talk of this being proper netiquette, it certainly hasn't been
> in the companies I've worked for/with who want the entire conversation
> quoted so that they can print it out in one pass without searching through
> their inbox/outbox. Like it or not, a majority of people do use clients
> which don't function like yours do. That's a reality now. You are not going
> to change the internet starting from this list, so I highly recommend not
> getting too upset when someone doesn't use e-mail like you feel it should be
> used.
>
> Ignoring that, even more contributors will be put off by the list and go
> elsewhere.
>
> The list either needs to be more accepting and positive, or it will quickly
> go extinct.