On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 13:16 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> Rejecting on a quoted/new threshold would certainly discourage
> excessive quoting, but deciding on the magic number would not be easy.
Well, a 90:1 ought to get digest posts and not be a problem to others.
Something high would be fai
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 20:03 +, g wrote:
> > As I said, the digest is not itself a message on the list,
>
> true. but hitting this list it gets an id, totally unrelated to thread
> reply is to.
>
> > so this doesn't matter.
>
> false. i understand and respect your knowledge. but you are not
>
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Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 02:14 +, g wrote:
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>> poc,
>> if 'appropriately edited', *Subject: * should also be changed to a new
>> message, not just click 'reply'.
>>
>> clicking
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 23:54 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Tim:
> >> If it's technical possible for *this* list server to automatically
> >> reject quoted digest replies, I'd like to see it done.
>
> Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > +1, but it could be tricky to pull off reliably.
>
> There are news servers which d
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 02:14 +, g wrote:
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> poc,
> if 'appropriately edited', *Subject: * should also be changed to a new
> message, not just click 'reply'.
>
> clicking 'reply' would carry id of *Re: fedora-list Digest, Vol nn, Issue
> nnn*.
> would i
Tim:
>> If it's technical possible for *this* list server to automatically
>> reject quoted digest replies, I'd like to see it done.
Patrick O'Callaghan:
> +1, but it could be tricky to pull off reliably.
There are news servers which do it fairly well (reject for quoting,
HTML, and other reasons)
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 07:43 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> I'm curious...just how often does this problem present itself such
> that it generates as much backlash as it does?
Often enough that it's a problem with the size of the messages, and
trying to figure out what the hell they're responding to.
Bingo!
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Ed Greshko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Ed Greshko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: fedora-list Digest, Vol 55, Issue 100
> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora."
>
> Date: Friday, S
insecure people can gain the "superior" feeling by looking down on somebody!
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Aldo Foot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Aldo Foot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: fedora-list Digest, Vol 55, Issue 100
> To: "Community assistance,
Ed Greshko wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>> I'm curious...just how often does this problem present itself such that
>>> it generates as much backlash as it does?
>>>
>>>
>> I think the fact that is generates so much backlash is what keeps it
>> down - You get hammered for it, and do not
>> I think the fact that is generates so much backlash is what keeps it
>> down - You get hammered for it, and do not get any help until you
>> correct your behavior.
>>
> And there are probably some that get hammered for it, stagger around a
> bit, and then move on to other places with a bad taste
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Ed Greshko wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> As I'm on individual mails,
>>> have just added on gmail.com "subject fedora-list Digest" goed to trash.
>>> This should be the last one I get.
>>>
>> That will also trash messages that have bee
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
>> I'm curious...just how often does this problem present itself such that
>> it generates as much backlash as it does?
>>
>>
> I think the fact that is generates so much backlash is what keeps it
> down - You get hammered for it, and do not get any help until you
Ed Greshko wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> As I'm on individual mails,
>>> have just added on gmail.com "subject fedora-list Digest" goed to trash.
>>> This should be the last one I get.
>>>
>> That will also trash messages that have been appropriately edited but
>> retain the digest S
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>
>> I'm curious...just how often does this problem present itself such that
>> it generates as much backlash as it does?
>>
>
> If you mean the problem of people quoting digests, there are some repeat
> offenders out there who just don't seem to get the idea, and it
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 07:43 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> >
> >> As I'm on individual mails,
> >> have just added on gmail.com "subject fedora-list Digest" goed to trash.
> >> This should be the last one I get.
> >>
> >
> > That will also trash messages that have been
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>
>> As I'm on individual mails,
>> have just added on gmail.com "subject fedora-list Digest" goed to trash.
>> This should be the last one I get.
>>
>
> That will also trash messages that have been appropriately edited but
> retain the digest Subject line. I agree t
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Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> I have no idea what the OP
> was asking - I opened the original mail because it was a slow day,
> but when I saw the digest TOC, I just deleted it. Most days, I
> probably would have deleted it without even opening it.
i
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 17:37 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
>
>> As I'm on individual mails,
>> have just added on gmail.com "subject fedora-list Digest" goed to trash.
>> This should be the last one I get.
>
> That will also trash messages that have been appropriately edit
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 17:37 +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 12:01 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 22:57 +0930, Tim wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 07:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > stop copying the whole digest in your posts
> > >
> >
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Frank Murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 12:01 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 22:57 +0930, Tim wrote:
>>> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 07:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
stop copying the whole digest in your posts
>>>
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 12:01 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 22:57 +0930, Tim wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 07:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > stop copying the whole digest in your posts
> >
> > If it's technical possible for *this* list server to automatical
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 22:57 +0930, Tim wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 07:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> stop copying the whole digest in your posts
>> If it's technical possible for *this* list server to automatically
>> reject quoted digest replies, I'd like
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 22:57 +0930, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 07:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > stop copying the whole digest in your posts
>
> If it's technical possible for *this* list server to automatically
> reject quoted digest replies, I'd like to see it done.
+1, but it
On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 07:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> stop copying the whole digest in your posts
If it's technical possible for *this* list server to automatically
reject quoted digest replies, I'd like to see it done.
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On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 10:23 +0530, winiston wrote:
> Hi friends,
[...]
You did it again. Please stop copying the whole digest in your posts.
It's completely pointless and counterproductive. Take a few seconds to
remove extraneous material (see the Guidelines at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Commun
e the VGA driver?
How to rectify this problem?
Thanks a lot.
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