Re: Posting format

[jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws>]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 09:35:20PM +0100, John Bradford wrote:
> > > Can we all, please, at least do things like not repeatedly quoting the
> > > list's four-line signature, and not quoting things like .config files?

And user sigs, confidentiality declarations, etc.

> >
> > 	One more: don't answer to people directly, only thru the list.
> > It is quite annoying to receive the same message twice, especially if
> > on a flamewar...
> >
> > 	Actually I was quite surprised to learn these rules aren't
> > followed here.
> 
> No, that is not the etiquette on this list, please _don't_ break the
> CC list when replying - the FAQ particularly mentions this in section
> 5.3.  Breaking the CC list is very likely to reduce your chances of a
> reply from a lot of developers.
> 
[snip]
> 
> Receiving the same message twice is generally a non-issue - the list
> is high-volume anyway, so the odd duplicate message won't use up that
> much extra bandwidth.

And can be easily dealt with in procmail.  After filing the
mailing list messages i trashcan any addressed to the lists.
Then the only time i complain is when they are sent under
seperate headers.

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