Digital BW, The Print

It seems many people on this list don't use the posting guidelines: i.e. to *only* quote the 
relevant part of the post you are responding to, not all the previous posts in the same 
thread. This is excruciating for those of us who subscribe to the digest view, as we have to 
scroll through reams of quoted older posts - often the entire thread - to get to the next one.

Please try to follow normal list etiquette (and the guidelines for this group) and only quote 
the few sentences in the last post you are replying to. My mouse finger is getting exhausted 
from all this scrolling.

thanks,

ncm

I am just curious why would you choose this way instead of individual  
e-mails? What are the pros and cons?
(notice I trimmed)
Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com



On Jan 5, 2008, at 6:35 AM, ncmphoto wrote:

> This is excruciating for those of us who subscribe to the digest view

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia <mark@...> wrote:
>
> I am just curious why would you choose this way instead of individual  
> e-mails? What are the pros and cons?
> (notice I trimmed)

Yes, duly noted, and thanks (g).

I've always preferred digests for all my elists, mainly to not clutter up my mail app with 
thousands of posts, as I subscribe to about 10 of them.  I can save the digests, each in their 
own mailbox, have them available locally for research, and they don't take up as much room. 
The cons would be that one can be late in responding to a post as it might have come in 
hours before, but except for that, I can't think of any other disadvantages.

cheers,

ncm

I just switched  to digest because of the volume of emails and lately the reponses inside the body of the email was not matching the subject heading. The past few days I have been following threads I was initially interested in but the responses took such turns as..."good luck with that", "oops I made a mistake" or other responses that conveyed no real information. To open that email, read it only to find out that the thread eroded and gave me no information turned out to be a waste of time for me. That is fine for people to make comment, that is what these forums are for..communication...and good communication. But for me, it is about time and how I use it. 
   
  I use digest for almost all my other groups..this way I can open it, scan down the digest and pick and choose what I read, rather then read, deleted, read delete. etc.On one group sometimes there is nothing that interests me, so it saves the time of reading ten or more emails.   When I want to save an email and keep it for reference, I just copy and paste it into a new email , rename it for my own use and keep it in a new folder.
   
  It comes down to personal preferences.


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Few trim just to make digest readable.

gar

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On 1/5/08 at 6:54 AM Mark Savoia wrote:

>I am just curious why would you choose this way instead of individual  
>e-mails? What are the pros and cons?
>(notice I trimmed)
>Mark
>http://www.stillrivereditions.com
>
>
>
>On Jan 5, 2008, at 6:35 AM, ncmphoto wrote:
>
>> This is excruciating for those of us who subscribe to the digest view
>
>
>
>Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as
>they are often being updated.
>
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
>
>If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to
>unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same
>page.
>
>Please follow these basic guidelines:
>- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep
>them short.
>- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames.
>Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the
>membership without notice.
>- Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W
>printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from
>the membership.
>- By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and
>guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner
>and Moderators. See �Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines� in the Files
>section:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/
>
>BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT
>YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE �OWNER� AND
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>YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR
>EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
>PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE 
>�OWNER� AND �MODERATORS� OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN
>ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE
>OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii)
>UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii)
>STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT
>YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE
>PRINT YAHOO GROUP.
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It really shouldn't matter how different people choose to read the
list. Trimming the irrelevant stuff is just good practice and helpful
to everyone.


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mark Savoia 
<mark@...> wrote:
>
> I am just curious why would you choose this way instead of 
individual  
> e-mails? What are the pros and cons?
> (notice I trimmed)
> Mark

The digest option is terrific since you get ONE email per day and all 
the new posts are grouped by subject. It's very well put together and 
makes a great deal of sense - once you try it. And you can always 
switch back. The only problem is unclipped posts which can become so 
long as to be quite annoying. Try the digest format, you won't go back.

Michael K