Re: OT: list-etiquette and cross-posting

2004-02-08 Thread Johann Koenig
On Sunday February 8 at 03:56pm Rico -mc- Gloeckner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ## > > Please don't cc me: i'm subscribed > > Make use of Mail-Followup-To: then. >From http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ Code of conduct When using the Debian mailing lists, please follow these rules: ...

Re: OT: list-etiquette and cross-posting

2004-02-08 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Josh Robinson wrote (2004-02-08 15:29): >indeed, can anyone explain why cross-posting is such a bad idea? The people visiting one of the two lists do not see the other list. So you will get your answer twice, wasting the time of the people trying to help you. There is one best place (list

Re: OT: list-etiquette and cross-posting

2004-02-08 Thread Rico -mc- Gloeckner
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 02:29:21PM +, Josh Robinson wrote: > to me, at least, these seem mutually incompatible. indeed, can anyone > explain why cross-posting is such a bad idea? it's all very well to > describe it as 'clueless and rude', but i've not managed to find a FAQ > that explains why i

OT: list-etiquette and cross-posting

2004-02-08 Thread Josh Robinson
in the munging-headers thread, someone posted a link to http://marc.merlins.org/perso/listreplyto.txt - which includes this: > - "Reply-To munging adds additional functionality, it actually increases > freedom of choice" > *cough* bullshit *cough* > For one, it prevents a thread across two l