On 09/07/2014 22:48, James wrote: > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> On 09/07/2014 18:44, James wrote: >>> Stroller <stroller <at> stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: >>> >>> >>>> Please don't use pastebin sites - if your output is too long to copy and >>> paste into the body of the message, >>>> then please attach it as a plain text file. If you name it output.txt then >>> most people, with GUI mail >>>> clients, will be able to read it just by double-clicking. >>> >>>> Most pastebin services expire old pastes periodically (not to mention that >>> pastebin services are hardly >>>> profitable, and close down all the time) whereas these mailing list >>> messages are archived in multiple >>>> places and are referenced for years. >>> >>>> If you attach these files as plain text then they'll be archived, useful >>> to other people with the same >>>> problem in the future. >>> >>> I'll agree, this is excellent advise. However, I use game.org to read >>> and post to gentoo-user. So how do you attached a txt file to >>> those postings via gmane? Options to get the txt file attachemnent into the >>> proper record? >> >> gentoo-user is a mailing list. It receives mail to the list address and >> forwards them on to all subscribers. It's all done by mail. >> >> Now someone has built an email<->web_thingy gateway. It is deficient by >> design and as you point out doesn't do big posts AT ALL. >> >> That's too bad, but you chose that option and now you must deal with >> it's deficiencies and shortcomings. >> >> Sorry for the tone but that really is how it is. > > What tone? You call that "tone" ? You're slipping..... been to > too many 'team' meetings lately? > > Agreeded; just pointing it out. I find gmane too useful so > I tend to prune and post succinctly. Rarely do I need to put > up a big long post. But I do read and snip before posting; > so my approach is a valid as any..... focus, snip and post goes > a long way, but it does require some reading and editing skills, > just to set the record straight. Noobs can follow who they like, > as they like, when they like.... > > When needed I just use an nntp font end...... (oh, had my own > solution already?) tricky; precious; tricky........ > > You're slipping, you old_fart ?
Not so much slipping, more like new job, new employer. It used to go like this: Q: Alan, can I ... <insert something stupid here>? A: No. Because I said so. Now piss off. I don't have quite the same street credd here yet, so now it's more like: Q: Alan, can I ... <insert something stupid here>? A: I don't recommend that because ... <insert some politely worded well-thought out rationale here> > > > James > > > > > > > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
