From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272338AbTGYVzk (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:55:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272355AbTGYVzk (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:55:40 -0400 Received: from vladimir.pegasys.ws ([64.220.160.58]:44301 "EHLO vladimir.pegasys.ws") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272338AbTGYVzj (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:55:39 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:10:47 -0700 From: jw schultz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Posting format Message-ID: <20030725221047.GC25838@pegasys.ws> Mail-Followup-To: jw schultz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200307252035.h6PKZKts001817@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307252035.h6PKZKts001817@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Message-Flag: This message may contain content offensive to Atheists and servants of false gods. Read at your own risk. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: jw@pegasys.ws Remember Cernan and Schmitt