Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: >Hi, > >nobody wants to hurt, harm or insult you. > >It is just that 95% of all public mailing lists have this two simple rules: >no top posting >no html > >A lot of people don't even read html mails, some even get angry about them, so >when somebody tells you, not to send them, (s)he does it to help you. >The less people reading your mails, the less usefull answers you get. >And some mailing lists are very harsh - one html mail and you are the ass of >the week for them. > >Plus, not using html does spare you and everybody else some time >sending/receiving your mails, so it is a double win for everybody when you >don't use it. > >That is all. > >You are, of course, free to send plain text and html, but as I said, most >people don't read html mails anyway, so it is just some wasted bandwith. > >When you are exchanging mails off list, it is a completly different topic. If >your friends read html-mails and don't mind receiving them - or even like >them, you are free to send them as you like. > >But mailing lists are a little bit different - because there are a lot of >receivers. > >And did I mention, that some people discard html-mails automatically as spam? > >So, when you got told not to top post or use html mails, (s)he didn't want to >do anything 'bad' to you - the opposite is true, (s)he wants to help you to >reach as many other users as possible - which should be what you want, right? > >Sometimes this 'educating' may sound much harsher than ment - but don't >forget, that for a lot of people on this (or every public) mailing list >english is only the second or third language - and hitting the right 'tone' >is not easy, if you are not a native speaker. > >So don't feel bad - we all just want to help you, to make the mailing list as >productive and helpfull for you as possible. > >Glück Auf >Volker > > > Thanks, I needed that. Can I assume english is not your native language? The writing was fine, the name gave it away though. I do like to read those who have bad english sometimes. It may take me a minute to figure it out but they need help too. Most would just pass them by and not even try to help.
I'm getting there. Thanks again, Dale -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
