2008/2/21 Lee Corbin <<a href="mailto:lcorbin@rawbw.com">lcorbin@rawbw.com</a>>:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Stephano---instead of just providing a link---in addition<br>
took the time to cut and paste the whole article.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>This is always a matter of doubt for me. As a list moderator, I used to tell people "Why do you encumber the list and the net with stuff that can well be simply linked?". At a point in time somebody argued that trivial as the effort of one click may be, many are less likely to switch their attention to the browser while rapidly skimming through their incoming messages even though they might be potentially interested, and I realised that <br>
i) this is also true for me, on the passive side, and<br>ii) the number of replies I get from cut-and-pasted texts is much higher than those originated by mere links.<br><br>So, nowadays, I reached a compromise: I try avoiding to spam lists with very long texts, however interesting they may be, but at the same time I make the effort of copying in at least what is necessary to show the subject and the possible relevance of the text I want to submit to my fellow list members.<br>
<br>Stefano Vaj<br><br><br>