Having problems with message search?
FYI, Yahoo has slipped in a new "feature" to it's
Groups service that automatically snips out the bulk of long segments
of quoted text. Yahoo is trying to force it's users to
read all a group's messages in order (rather than reading old messages
in the quoted "trail" at the bottom of a recent
message). I'm unaware of any way to disable this
snipping.
As always, everyone should avoid the inclusion of extraneous
quoted text or ads, keeping your own messages to the point and easy to
read. Including the text of all previous messages in every
reply to a list message makes the list harder and slower to read,
especially for folks who receive the daily "digest" version
of the list.
If you quote a short passage of text in your own message, it will
appear normally, like this:
My computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation
But if you quote a longer passage, like I do here:
My computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of conversation.
You'll notice, if you look closely at the middle of this quote
block, a line like this:
...snip...
Which indicates that Yahoo cut out a bunch of text.
Obviously, none of your readers will be able to view that missing text
in your message. If the text was in a message they just
recently received earlier in the same conversational thread, this may
not be a problem, as it is probably both fresh in their mind and
available for them to re-read (either in their own email program or on
the Yahoo Group's web site.)
But, if you need to quote a block of text which is not readily
available or memorable to your fellow subscribers, you'll want to
AVOID using the quoted text format in your email. Instead,
perhaps you can put the text in traditional quotation marks, and
perhaps blue text, like this:
"My computer seems to chop out some of
the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention that my
computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of
conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out
some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention
that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of
conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out
some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention
that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of
conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out
some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention
that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of
conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out
some of the emails in the trail of conversation. Did I mention
that my computer seems to chop out some of the emails in the trail of
conversation. Did I mention that my computer seems to chop out
some of the emails in the trail of conversation."
This should prevent any automatic snipping.
If you have other problems or insights with this new feature at
Yahoo Groups, please contact me directly at
Snipping@....
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