righ...oh...late again....*sob*
--- Greg Clow <stained@the-wire.com> wrote: >
quoted 57 lines There've been two bad email habits that seem to have
> There've been two bad email habits that seem to have
> gotten especially
> frequent on this list lately, and it's getting
> really annoying.
>
> 1) One-line replies.
> No-one needs to see you quote a message (or portion
> thereof) with a reply
> that says nothing but "Yes, I agree!" or "Right on!"
> or "Amen, brother!".
> If you REALLY feel the need to do this, at least
> have the courtesy to send
> your worthless commentary to the person off-list.
> Otherwise, just shut the
> hell up, OK?
>
> 2) Quoting an entire message and putting your reply
> text at the top.
> More and more frequently, people are doing this, to
> the point where the
> quoted messages are often five or six deep. Not only
> does this make it
> difficult to put your reply into context, but it's
> REALLY annoying to
> those of us who are subscribed to the list in digest
> mode. PLEASE make an
> attempt to just quote the bits that you're replying
> to, and trim headers
> and sig files and such.
>
>
> I realize, of course, that these complaints are
> probably useless. The days
> when Internet users actually attempted to stick to a
> rough set of rules of
> courtesy are long behind us, and most of the people
> guilty of these things
> are too rude or stupid to give a shit about other
> people's concerns. But I
> felt the need to say something, however futile it
> may be.
>
>
> Greg
>
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