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MESSAGE FORMATS:  Giving Readers Clues to Message Content

The current discussion on convention slots is a constructive discussion
that is of interest to AECT members.  Readers appreciate the brevity
that people are exercising.  May I ask that AECT-L messages include
a subject title that will give the potential reader a basis for judging
interest?  This can be done in two ways: a short header address (that is
repeated in replies on the same topic) and a longer title within the body
of a message to give a more detailed description.

It wil also be helpful if we quote (briefly) a comment that we are
supporting, disputing or amplifying.  Because we read mail at different
times and because not everyone receives Internet traffic immediately,
messages that are me too in nature or that say the originator supports
another person often leave us wondering what the intent of a message
is.  Of course, it is not  normally appropriate to quote long messages in
their complete form.

And, as always, we ask that the three screen limit be respected.  Please
check with me if you have questions (although not July 8-18).

Thank you for coooperating to make the list more friendly.  Rusty...

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Floyd K. (Rusty) Russell, EdD
  rusty@wvucblc2.hsc.wvu.edu
Director, Computer-Based Learning Center
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University
PO Box 9015 Morgantown, WV  26505-9015
(304) 293-4683 (Voice)      (304) 293-2901 (FAX)