Yes, this is a very helpful thing to do! It would also be helpful to
add wording to the effect:
"...starting your summary with a succinct description of your problem"
which people usually forget to do, and which creates a lot of work for
the reader in trying to understand the summaries.
Cheerio, Rick Rodgers
> Whenever I give more than a basic answer, I always put a gentle reminder at
> the end of the message, "Remember to post a summary of replies for the
> benefit of everyone in the group". For those not familiar with mailing list,
> this is not obvious. People who are used to dealing with newsgroups, or
> compustat forums, might not know to do this. Another source of confusion for
> these people is the way the messages appear in the mailbox. Sometimes a
> message from the S list server appears as if it is from an individual. Other
> times a message from an individual might appear as if it is from the mail
> server because the subject has the [S] in it.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Clark Sims
>
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