On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 10:07:11PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:26:37AM +0200, Joerg Johannes
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I'll peruse subjects I'm interested in, [deletia]
Which can, with a decent MUA (e.g. mutt), be automated with scores. I'm
giving mails with keywords I'm interested in a higher score and
auto-delete other things (e.g. these unsubscribe-mails).
> I also tend to delete anything that's:
>
> - HTML formatted.
Me too. Very annoying
> - doesn't wrap < 80 characters (I highly recommend 72).
Same as with HTML
> - doesn't follow reasonable quoting rules: postfix, '> ' lead.
That's IMHO the smaller problem with the quoting, much worse are mails
which have the quotation after the text. This can be very confusing.
> - is grossly misspelled, mispunctuated, lacks capitalization,
> paragraphing, coherent thought, or is otherwise tiresome to read.
Ack.
> Hence, I say: write as if you're asking a favor of your reader. Very
> often on mailing lists you are.
I'm gonna put this advice in my personal list of "Tips-for-Newbies", I
can already think of at least two mailing-lists with subscribers that
need such a hint. Following it is the best thing you can do.
> I'll give *some* allowance on the last point for people who are clearly
> not native English speakers.
Thanks :-)
Greets,
Stephen Rueger
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Registered Linux User #205361
(http://counter.li.org)
