[nabs-l] Trevor's question about responding to strings of emails or conversations rather than entire digests

[Sarah Meyer]

Hi Trevor,
I noticed that you asked at the end of a message recently if there was
a way to respond to a string of messages and not just the entire
digest mode.  I am so happy you asked, because (while I am guilty of
accidentally doing this at times myself), it just creates so much more
clutter and frustration whith trying to read through all of the
messages when every single one has gobs and gobs of repetitions of
previous threads of conversations. I have just decided that I can't
even read my listserv emails on my iPhone or in my actual Outlook
because I can't just search for the start of a new message the way I
can in the Internet browser of my Gmail account.

Anyway, what I do when I want to respond is this.  I make note of what
the subject line is and then
open up a new message and address it to nabs-l at nfbnet.org.  You could
copy and paste the most recent message to which you are responding if
you wish as a point of reference below, but I don't think it would be
necessary.  Another thing I have done is to just hit reply from within
the digest message, edit the subject line to reflect the fact that I
am responding to a specific topic and not just the digest/volume
number and then delete the text in the email that is automatically
placed in the body text from the reply option so I can just type in my
response and respect everyone's time and sanity by avoiding clutter.

I hope this helps!

Kind regards,

Sarah

-- 
Sarah K. Meyer
Graduate Student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling/Social Psychology
Ball State University
Board Member, Human Services Division of the National Federation of the Blind
sarah.meyer55 at gmail.com
(317)402-6632