-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 20:36:06 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > I would not waste the lists time on this if it wasn't referred to > recently on the list and if I did not just get into an argument with > my wife about this point in e-mail etiquette. > > It has been asserted strongly that etiquette suggests that the reply > text follow the text of the message replied to. > That makes sense to me. But it is not > followed on many lists outside the computer users context. Hence the > argument with my wife. > > This drove me to google and looking up sites for e-mail etiquette and > that rule is just not found. Any one know where to find it? For example: http://learn.to/quote (click on "English") The average "Netiquette guidelines" cover proper quoting and replying. Lack of netiquette is an increasing problem not just on these lists. [...] Seen a few days ago: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redhat/message/12833 Subject: [ADMIN] - EVERYONE please read this CAREFULLY Excerpt: "Things are beginning to get out of hand here. I've never seen so much thread hijacking, top-posting and sending of unwrapped lines as here in a long time. There are over 2000 subscribers to the redhat mailing list so it's time to clamp down on this once and for all." - -- Michael, who doesn't reply to top posts and complete quotes anymore. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/f4AL0iMVcrivHFQRAs4ZAJ46LXYapu80FFOoHmUxqgcnatisHwCfelpa w5LxM1QIEAFprdTOUE7SNkQ= =PiGI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
