On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 04:20:59AM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > 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? Its been documented many many times. Here is one official document which does a fair job at codifying the standard practices: RFC 1855 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html See section 3 on "One To Many Communication". That should cover what your looking for. Another which covers proper behavior in email lists is "The Unofficial RedHat Install List User's Guide" Available at: http://www.rhil.org/docs/rhil-guide.html > 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. Yup. > Michael, who doesn't reply to top posts and complete quotes anymore. I haven't reached that point yet... . . . . . -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. jkinz@xxxxxxxx copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html. Don't forget to change your password often. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
