While we're on this topic, I just now found out there was an RFC that deals
with these issues. Here is a snippet from that RFC:
" - 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!"
Of course, by top-posting I'm breaking this rule, but Shawn did it first!
John
>>> Kaminski, Shawn G 6/25/03 3:06:59 PM >>>
I agree. I was going to rag about this the other day, but figured that many
people on this list already think I bi*ch too much about other things! :-)
Shawn K.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Quoting in Replies [7:71366]
Okay, this is getting really old, really fast. When responding to a post,
PLEASE QUOTE WHAT YOU'RE REPLYING TO! The number of unintelligible posts
is
increasing and some simple quoting would help immensely.
Perhaps the issue is that if you use the web-based board to post a quote
does not happen by default. So, if you are using the board to reply to
posts, please hit the QUOTE button and edit appropriately.
Thanks,
John (who is exceptionally grumpy today, and it shows. Sorry about that.)
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