[Groop]Re: Groop digest: Please, PLEASE pay attention

[Rick Loomis]

Everyone:  PLEASE have pity on those of us unfortunate enough to have to
work all day, and who get the groo list as a DIGEST.  You see, we can't
just read your message, and then ignore all the previous messages that you
APPEND to your message. When I get my daily groop digest, it is all ONE BIG
MESSAGE.  This last one was 46K long!  It takes a long time to download,
and then in order to read all the actual messages, I have to WADE THROUGH
all the copies of previous messages that are appended to the bottom of the
actual new messages.  It ends up looking like this:


Message #1
Something interesting and/or funny from some Groo fan.
A large block of unreadable gibberish that is apparently put in there by
someone's email program in an attempt to make the message look "pretty" to
html version programs. 
Message #2
A short reply by another Groo fan.
Another copy of the something interesting sent by the first fan.
Another copy of the large block of unreadable gibberish.
Message #3
A correction of the short reply by the second fan.
Another copy of his short reply.
Yet another copy of the item sent by the first fan.
Still another copy of the large block of unreadable gibberish.
Message #4
A message from a third fan, making a joke about the second fan.
Another copy of the second fan's correction.
Another copy of his earlier reply.
And one more copy of the item sent by the first fan.
And ONE MORE BLASTED COPY of the large block of unreadable gibberish.
Message #5
A message from the first fan, replying to the message from the second fan.
Yet another copy of the second fan's reply
Still another copy of the item by the first fan.
And even ANOTHER copy of the large block of unreadable gibberish.

and so on, and so on, and so on. (sigh).  In order to read message #5,
which is buried in the middle of this humoungous long message, I have to
scan the entire message, line by line. There is no obvious break. 

I know our favorite wanderer would never figure out a computer. 
But that's really no reason you should all try to imitate him.
CUT AND PASTE people, CUT AND PASTE.   
When you REPLY to a message, PLEASE, please, please, please, just leave in
the first line or two of the previous message and DELETE THE REST. (sob)

I just know that buried in that 46K, mostly unreadable, message, there are
some clever gems, funny anecdotes, and remarks by ME. I want to read them
all. But I don't have TIME to wade through 46K of unreadable gibberish to
find the few pearls that are there. 

I know I've asked this before, but no one seems to pay attention.
Please? 
Pretty please with cheese dip on it?
Rick

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