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[Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>]

On Mar 17, 2013, at 9:53 PM, sherwin wrote:

> I think the digest posting is totally irrelevant and only
>      appears because the poster does not know how to post it
>      otherwise.  Sure, there are several fixes for it, but I wanted to
>      point out that they should not be necessary, in the first place.

If the poster doesn't know how to post otherwise, then it is necessary  
to post the fixes. Or at any rate, it's necessary for them to learn  
how someplace; and while I don't think this list is required to teach  
people how to post on it, I do think there's some potential good to be  
gained by doing so, We all had to learn this stuff; it's not knowledge  
that people are born with.

While we're at it: if the subject line of the post is just about the  
digest, people may delete the post before/without even noticing  
whether it's been trimmed or not. If the subject line is about a  
previous subject, and you're now posting about something else, the  
same thing may happen as people not interested in the old subject but  
who might have been interested in the new subject may not notice that  
you're on the new one. Also, inaccurate or vague subject lines make it  
hard to search old posts. I know we all forget this one once in a  
while, me included; but please try to remember to change the subject  
line when appropriate.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale