On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:13 AM, alex23 <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt > > If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you > summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just > enough text of the original to give a context. This will make > sure readers understand when they start to read your response. > Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the > postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a > response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context > helps everyone. But do not include the entire original! > > RFC1855 is the PEP8 of posting online :)
But it also says: Don't get involved in flame wars. Neither post nor respond to incendiary material. So we're already pretty much not in compliance. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list