On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 08:49, T. Ribbrock wrote:
> > Don't Worry Have a Homebrew!
>
> Maybe that was the reason... ;-) "Don't worry, have a penguin" doesn't
> quite work the same way... :-)) Nonetheless, I'm curious: How big was
> the scope of that forum: A few hundred? Thousands? Local, worldwide?
se.
I've been on Usenet and lists for years and - especially on computer
realated lists - it's been absolutely *standard* in all those forums to
expect from the participants to do their home work before crying for help.
I've been flamed in the beginnings for not doing so, and rightly
Hi Tim,
Tim Kehres wrote:
> These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around
> since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email
> usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current usage, not
> as much, IMHO. Whe
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:09:22PM -0500, Vidiot wrote:
> It is a netiquette rule that postings to mail list be done in plain text.
[...]
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I wouldn't hark about Netiquette so much if I was you... Topquoting and not
trimming unnecessary quotes
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On 07-Oct-2002/06:26 +0800, Tim Kehres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Wow - people still use elm! :-) Anyway, there is a simple solution to
>this - use either POP3 and/or IMAP4 capable clients. SSL is supported on
>top of both protocols.
I use mutt.
> I thought this list was to discuss the redhat distro,
> not some sort of holy war. Gee, the real slashdot
> effect is everywhere now I guess.
You're right - let's take this discussion off list, OK?
Best Regards,
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I thought this list was to discuss the redhat distro,
not some sort of holy war. Gee, the real slashdot
effect is everywhere now I guess.
Filtering will do I guess.
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> >The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the
> >percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing.
The
> >reasons are simple - it is easier to read (typically), and more
information
> >can be conveyed effectively. Other lists that I'm subscribed to h
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 03:14:01AM +0800, Tim Kehres wrote:
> > These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around
> > since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email
> > usage). At the time they made a lot sense.
> I disagree. If everyone used HTML mail just for things like screenshots
> or where an image was essential, then maybe it would be workable.
> However, most people use HTML mail to create a fancy border or
> background, or to hideously misuse fonts, in most cases communicating
> nothing useful a
>The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the
>percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing. The
>reasons are simple - it is easier to read (typically), and more information
>can be conveyed effectively. Other lists that I'm subscribed to have mad
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 15:14, Tim Kehres wrote:
> The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the
> percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing. The
> reasons are simple - it is easier to read (typically), and more information
> can be conveyed effecti
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> I wonder what percentage of those had viruses or other bad things
> happen as a result of this brain dead tendency. Text based mail is a
> great, free AV tool (for those saddled with MS software).
Pine all the way! What I love is the amount of email going
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 03:37:00PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Tim Kehres wrote:
>
> > The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the
> > percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing.
>
> 9x% of the world uses Microsoft softw
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 03:14:01AM +0800, Tim Kehres wrote:
> These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around
> since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email
> usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current u
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Tim Kehres wrote:
> The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the
> percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing.
9x% of the world uses Microsoft software. This does not make it
a good thing.
rday
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Tim Kehres wrote:
> These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around
> since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email
> usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current usage, not
> as much, IMHO. When sendi
These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around
since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email
usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current usage, not
as much, IMHO. When sending content that can be sent either way, i
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 07:17:58AM -0400, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> What is the point of getting digests? Filters put the messages in a
> folder, so there's no mail organization issue. Since I'm going to read
> them when I get ready, I don't care if they're downloaded a few at a time
> or all at
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On 05-Sep-2002/22:00 -0500, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Someone wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:48:47PM -0500, Mark wrote:
>> > 1) delete the messages other than the one you are replying to.
>>
>> You can burst digests into separate message
Someone wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:48:47PM -0500, Mark wrote:
> > 1) delete the messages other than the one you are replying to.
>
> You can burst digests into separate messages. That way you can have
> proper threading and can reply to single messages without fiddling, and
> still only
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:48:47PM -0500, Mark wrote:
> 1) delete the messages other than the one you are replying to.
You can burst digests into separate messages. That way you can have
proper threading and can reply to single messages without fiddling, and
still only download a few messages a
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On 05-Sep-2002/11:35 -0700, Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I almost hate to get into any conversation about netiquette, but let me
>give one piece of advice that will make it easier for those of that use
>the thread feature
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On 05-Sep-2002/14:09 -0500, Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It would also be great of RedHat put [RHL] on the front of the Subject line
>on the main list, and other abbreviations in front of the other lists. I am
>on lots of e-mail lists and RH is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I is done writ:
>>2) set your email so that you send out text only (or, if you *absolutely*
>> *must* have fonts, etc, html only); in any case, *please* make sure
>> that you aren't sending out text *and* html, which drives the rest
>> of us crazy.
> Di
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:22, Sam Ockman wrote:
> You can easily do this with procmail yourself (but you probably knew
> that). It's better not to mangle the subject line, because that
> information is already in the headers... I get annoyed by the lists
> that put it in...since all my lists are
You can easily do this with procmail yourself (but you probably knew
that). It's better not to mangle the subject line, because that
information is already in the headers... I get annoyed by the lists
that put it in...since all my lists are procmailed to different folders
to begin with.
-Sam
Mark posted:
> I've now been on the list for a couple of weeks, and I get the digest, and
>it seems as though there are a lot of newbies, so, as a public service to
>make the list easier to read, and more comprehensible, here's some standard
>email netiquette:
>
I almost hate to get into any conversation about netiquette, but let me
give one piece of advice that will make it easier for those of that use
the thread feature under mutt (or some other mailer). [If you haven't
tried threading your email messages, try it...if you're mailer won'
x27;s some standard
> email netiquette:
>
> 1) delete the messages other than the one you are replying to.
The usual answers in the past to this have been along the lines of: "Harddrives
and bandwidth are cheap, so who cares anyway.", so don't hold your breath. :-/
> 2) set
Folks,
I've now been on the list for a couple of weeks, and I get the digest, and
it seems as though there are a lot of newbies, so, as a public service to
make the list easier to read, and more comprehensible, here's some standard
email netiquette:
1) delete the messages othe
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