On 9/23/13, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > I recently got back from holiday. I have found catching up on the list > really > difficult because so many people now break threads and don't trim quotes, > or, > even worse, do not quote at all.
If you MUA has such a setting, I recommend about 70-chars line length for emails, to minimise the "single word on next line after quoting and wrapping" problem, seen above .. > What on earth am I to make of, for example: > Re Widgets <but not connected in any way to the thread>: > Yes, I quite agree, Stephen. But I find it helpful if you use the spade. A good enigmatic find! Well done. I have long since given up trying to read _every_ thread on d-u, focussing on those where I think I might be able to help. Looks like I missed some humour, or enigmour at the least :) > Or when people do quote, person after person top quotes, interspersed with > people bottom quoting. Made worse by long paragraphs with no breaks. Or paragraphs just short enough without quoting, but begin wrapping with even a single quotation level of indentation :) > _Please_ people. The idea is that we should help each other and that that > help should be available in the archive for searchers to find. We need to > be > both legible and comprehensible. I agree. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201309221901.55296.lisi.re...@gmail.com Perhaps another line could be added to the defaul MList sig, eg: "DO NOT TOP POST - Please quote (only) enough context - Please avoid breaking threads, new thread per topic. Refer netiquette.tld" or something... Cheers Zenaan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caosgnsrg89z7x+mdtzdwxfqqrou5d1hosuu2gbhcduohm4b...@mail.gmail.com
