on 8/8/02 6:36 AM, Victor Rehorst at victor_at_newtontalk.net wrote:
>> first - there is no link to the original message that has been rejected
It's not the message that was rejected that should be linked to, but rather
the message you're quoting. Simply find the message in the archives, copy
the link, insert a statement in your reply to the effect "This message is in
reply to <paste URL of original message here>. Due to that message's length
it is being referenced from the archives vs. quoting."
>>
>> second - in my opinion the limit is much too stringent:
>> If I reply with one line to a message containing about 8 lines, my reply
>> will be already rejected. This cannot be the intention.
>
> The limit only applies to messages over 21 lines long. Under that length,
> there is no quoting limit. I am fine-tuning this setting - I only changed
> it to 21 from 50 yesterday. There's never going to be a "right" number,
> but I can increase it larger than that perhaps.
Fifty lines would be plenty. 21 lines may be a bit short, depending upon
whether siggy lines count. My suggestion would be to plot a histogram or
frequency distribution of message size. That would provide a more objective
basis for drawing the pass/fail line. (OMG! Grading a discussion list on a
curve! :-) ) Assuming, of course, Listar has those stats available.
Another interesting stat would be the rejection rate of messages. Anyway,
that's all very easy for me to say since I don't have to do it...
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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