On 08/11/2007, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth > On 08/11/2007, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *On Behalf Of *Brian Butterworth > > On 07/11/2007, Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > I thought we were talking about having short codes which could be > > > used by > > > > something like go.bbc.co.uk/shortcode where new codes would be added > > > > everytime a new news story (or sport or whatever) came up. > > > > > > Yes - you can do this with a single regular expression. > > > > > > Oh, and your quoting of entire emails takes up a LOT of space and > > > make's it harder to read. > > > > > > Or you can use Gmail and it sorts it all for you. > > > > Sure my employer would love me channeling all my emails through Gmail > > just so you don't have to sort your quoting out properly ;) > > > > > > I'm not sure why *I* should change my email system just to suit someone > with a legacy system either. > It's not a rule of the list to do what you are asking, so I feel inclined > to decline your suggestion. > > It's called good nettiquete to consider others when posting to mailing > lists. How you do that is entirely up to you and your email provider. >
In fact it is not. RFC 1855 says "You *may* shorten the message and quote only relevant parts, but be sure you give proper attribution. " http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html Please stop making up your own rules and then calling them "netiquette". Thank you kindly. -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
