On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 14:17 -0400, Jim wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > Like everyone else I sometimes forget to snip, but the problem gets really bad > > from time to time. I particularly chose to start a new thread because I > > didn't want to point to any single person. I have seen some threads get to > > the point of 24MB for just a few lines. For all of us, it's an annoying > > waste of time and space. For some people it's an even worse waste of money > > and bandwidth. > > > > Anne > > > > > You are a 100% right on that Anne, but if the orignal post is snipped, > the third, fourth person who picks up on the RE: > doesn't see what the orignal post was, to properly give a good answer > to the problem. > But I do agree about removing a lot of waste. As long as the snip is marked (such as with [snip] or [...]) this should not be a problem. Either check back in the thread or look at the archives. The practice of quoting the whole history of a conversation, which I also admit to doing in occasion, appears to come from commercial practice and is really out of place on a mailing list. poc PS No hard and fast rule will always be right, e.g. I didn't snip this post because so far the thread is short. It's a matter of judgment. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
