Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-17 Thread Hiran Venugopalan
On 14 May 2010 13:00, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: @Jinesh, I am understanding the evils of RTF more and more, hope we are working out the policy of not using RTF.Evevnthough I look like thallandammaavaa njan nannavillaha, Simple. Your first mail to Subject : Linux haters blog looks

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-17 Thread Praveen A
2010/5/17 ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.com: Thread is still open for discussion. I was merely expressing my views. As said elsewhere mod hats are on only for a short while and will be explicitly made clear when they are on. The thing is, the purpose here is not clear at all - what exactly is

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-17 Thread Ashik S
Of course. As I said I was merely expressing my views. I didnt ask anyone to accept it, nor to abide by it. I think Rajeev mentioned Multipart emails. I do not know what that is, but from what he describes, its looks useful. -- aashik -- Freedom is the only law. Freedom Unplugged

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-17 Thread Praveen A
2010/5/17 Ashik S aash...@gmail.com: Of course. As I said I was merely expressing my views. I didnt ask anyone to accept it, nor to abide by it. I think Rajeev mentioned Multipart emails. I do not know what that is, but from what he describes, its looks useful.

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-17 Thread Rajeev J Sebastian
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Ashik S aash...@gmail.com wrote: Of course. As I said I was merely expressing my views. I didnt ask anyone to accept it, nor to abide by it. I think Rajeev mentioned Multipart emails. I do not know what that is, but from what he describes, its looks useful.

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-17 Thread nishandh M
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Ashik S aash...@gmail.com wrote: Of course. As I said I was merely expressing my views. I didnt ask anyone to accept it, nor to abide by it. I think Rajeev mentioned

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-17 Thread nishandh M
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Hiran Venugopalan hira...@gmail.comwrote: On 14 May 2010 13:00, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: @Jinesh, I am understanding the evils of RTF more and more, hope we are working out the policy of not using RTF.Evevnthough I look like thallandammaavaa

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread nishandh M
Why differential emphasis of text? : (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): When we make a post considering an extended range of readers,(from the busy contributors to --especially-- the newbie user) , we may have to expand a lot. A

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread Rajeev J Sebastian
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? :  (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): When we make a post considering an extended range of readers,(from the busy

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread Srihari k
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? :  (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): When we make a post considering an extended range of readers,(from the busy

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread bipin kumar
forgive me if i am wrong. isn't this discussion thread attempting to reinventing the wheel? the mailing list practices have been in place in last 2 last as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well. further standardizing mailing list practices is not the primary

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread bipin kumar
oops sorry i forgot to do a spell check before posting. please read the line the mailing list practices have been in place in last 2 last as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well as the mailing list practices have been in place for last 2 decades as

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread ashik salahudeen
Bipin is right. Just follow what is there at khandalaya.org . I dont think we need anything extra here. On May 16, 2010 8:30 PM, bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com wrote: oops sorry i forgot to do a spell check before posting. please read the line the mailing list practices have been in place in

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread Srihari k
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:09 PM, ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.com wrote: Bipin is right. Just follow what is there at khandalaya.org . I dont think we need anything extra here. +1 http://kandalaya.org/guidelines.html is enough. It was there long before. -- Srihari -- Freedom is the only

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread nishandh M
@Rajiv and anybody sharing similiar thoughts: What I am trying to accomplish: To increase user friendliness, as to increase user base. I strongly belive, If any piece of software is to be supported by Hardware vendors, the best way is to increase its market share(user base). And what I am

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread nishandh M
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? : (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread nishandh M
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Srihari k harisult...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? : (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): When

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread nishandh M
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Rajeev J Sebastian rajeev.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? : (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread nishandh M
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Srihari k harisult...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Why differential emphasis of text? : (these are known facts, but needs to be elaborated, owing to the solid NO-RTF/HTML cry in the posts): When

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread Praveen A
2010/5/16 bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com: forgive me if i am wrong. isn't this discussion thread attempting to reinventing the wheel? the mailing list practices have been in place in last 2 last as far as i know and those rule hold still true in todays environment as well. further

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread Praveen A
2010/5/16 ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.com: I dont think we need anything extra here. mod seems to be in mood :) Should we arbitrarily limit this list? I feel much more comfortable with the mood of the other mod. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ GPLv2 I know my rights; I want my phone call!

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread ashik salahudeen
Thread is still open for discussion. I was merely expressing my views. As said elsewhere mod hats are on only for a short while and will be explicitly made clear when they are on. The thing is, the purpose here is not clear at all - what exactly is being achieved here ? On May 17, 2010 3:46 AM,

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-16 Thread bipin kumar
i am just asking what this thread is attempting to accomplish? to establish mailing list rules when there good set of rules already existing in place? what's the point in that? On May 17, 3:12 am, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/16 bipin kumar bipin...@gmail.com: forgive me if i am

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-15 Thread nishandh M
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:04 AM, ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.com wrote: Nishandh , the first link you posted, the one at khandalaya has been there in the group home page for sometime now :) if you do want to emphasize then try and use underscores like _this_ . Just make sure that things you

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-15 Thread nishandh M
Nettiquette guidelines: http://www.rfc1855.net/ On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 2:08 AM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 8:04 AM, ashik salahudeen aash...@gmail.comwrote: Nishandh , the first link you posted, the one at khandalaya has been there in the group home page

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-14 Thread nishandh M
On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/13 nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com: Nobody should let another man decide wat he should do. Why shud he follow the ML best prctices?** its some other's decision!. We are dealing with democracy. Make complicate. GAME.

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-14 Thread jinesh kj
@nishandh hi, I dont know whether you understand the problem or not. Most of the times its ok for me since i am using either firefox or evolution to read my mails. But occasionally i will end up having only CLI(i think many others around here too), but that doesn't mean i shouldn't be able to go

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-14 Thread nishandh M
@Jinesh, I am understanding the evils of RTF more and more, hope we are working out the policy of not using RTF.Evevnthough I look like thallandammaavaa njan nannavillaha, And some had to spend a little more time to make it clear for me, as i was not aware of most of these possible

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-14 Thread jinesh kj
hi, On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:00 PM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: I donno about 'mail server GUI client'. I hope you are saying about GUI of web browsers? One specific doubt which i would be pleased  to get cleared: if a CLI email client is used, the data corresponding to Rich part of

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-14 Thread nishandh M
Hi .. The following references have been put forward by various contributors to this mailing list, as a reference to Good practices in communities. [We give thrust to internet based community activity. Any guidelines for field activity and direct user interaction will not be disregarded]

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-14 Thread nishandh M
4) use the Names of persons, as it is provided by the person. On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:56 AM, nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com wrote: Hi .. The following references have been put forward by various contributors to this mailing list, as a reference to Good practices in communities. [We give

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-14 Thread Hiran Venugopalan
On 14 May 2010 12:35, jinesh kj jines...@gmail.com wrote: @nishandh hi, I dont know whether you understand the problem or not. Most of the times its ok for me since i am using either firefox or evolution to read my mails. But occasionally i will end up having only CLI(i think many others

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-13 Thread nishandh M
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/13 nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com: @ praveen, that rendering of text and background is not the exact one i made or meant . I made a pale yellow distinguition for two parts of conversation in a white background.

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-13 Thread Praveen A
2010/5/13 nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com: Nobody should let another man decide wat he should do. Why shud he follow the ML best prctices?** its some other's decision!. We are dealing with democracy. Make complicate. GAME. See, I do RTF when i am madly feeling to express that way, i cant help

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-12 Thread bipin kumar
wow that formatting was one hell of a overkill On May 12, 11:04 pm, Praveen A prav...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/12 nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com: This is just a repetition of the above, with some high lighting. pardon for using RTF, but I would like to get opinion on whether this seems

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-12 Thread nishandh M
@ Bipinkumar, Praveen, yeah! who the hell did that :P hehehe. he wont do that again, provided he get some reponses from those using other colour themes. I have a perception that majority users use dark text on light background.(wrong?) @ praveen, that rendering of text and background is not the

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-12 Thread bipin kumar
hi it would useful if people read the mailing list practices posted on the group' s homepage. http://kandalaya.org/guidelines.html it would make everyone's life better. further it is my understanding that once a person sign up for a group then its his/her onus to respect the the

Re: mailing list best practices, again (sigh!) (Re: [fsug-tvm] Linux haters blog)

2010-05-12 Thread Praveen A
2010/5/13 nishandh M pro.n...@gmail.com: @ praveen, that rendering of text and background is not the exact one i made or meant . I made a pale yellow distinguition for two parts of conversation in a white background. Somebody called me and said the picture tube monitors are already yellowish,