Edward Jaffe wrote:
Edward Jaffe wrote:
Not just common sense. RFC 1855 (http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html),
prepared by Responsible Use of the Network (RUN) Working Group of the
IETF, contains this admonishment with respect to processing email:
<RFC 1855 Text>
In general, it's a good idea to at least check all your mail subjects
before responding to a message. Sometimes a person who asks you for
help (or clarification) will send another message which effectively
says "Never Mind".
</RFC 1855 Text>
The above quoted section of RFC 1855 deals specifically with email.
There are additional sections that apply to newsgroups (what they call
"NetNews") and mailing lists such as IBM-MAIN. They contain similar
admonishments and many other common sense guidelines that make sense for
those engaging in public electronic discussions. There are also
cross-posting guidelines.
IMO, *all* IBM-MAIN discussion participants should read this RFC. Even
experienced listers might learn something...
http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
Interesting page, Ed.
Curious as to why you linked to the version on the Delaware
Tech site instead of the official RFC site within IETF:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt
Actually, I would appreciate it if more people followed
this guideline:
"Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a
line with a carriage return."
Long lines are problematic for me; a mail client may well
automatically wrap to fit screen size, but when replying,
long lines generally don't wrap and I spend a lot of time
reformatting the quoted text to make it readable without
scrolling or having wierd line breaks. But that's my
problem and I'll live with it. But it would be nice if
people gave it some thought.
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