PLEASE SEE BELOW:
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch_at_30below.com>
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:10 pm
Subject: List Netiquette RFCs (Yes, they exist!)
> Rumor has it that Computer Collector Newsletter may have mentioned
> these words:
> >Sorry everyone -- that was supposed to be a private reply to Jay.
>
> Oops... ;-)
>
> >LOL, but now that it's out there ... I assume 'top post' has
> something to do
> >with where the replies are vs. the original message ...
>
> Correct.
>
> > like this one for
> >example. Then again, it's not like I'm a list newbie, yet I've
> never seen
> >this
> >complaint before.
>
> That's because we're generally a kind sort... we'd rather argue
> about guns,
> carburetors, explosives... ;-)
>
> >Since everyone uses their email differently, I think it's pretty
> silly for
> >someone to say that his own preferred method is right, and that
> other methods
> >are frowned on.
>
> However, you say that as if it's solely a 'preference' -> and not
> an
> 'Internet Standard.' There *is* an RFC about email Netiquette: RFC
> 1855.
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html
>
> Specifically, section 3.1.1 part 10:
>
> - If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
> summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
> enough text of the original to give a context. This will make
> sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
> Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the
> postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a
> response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context
> helps everyone. But do not include the entire original!
>
> =-=-=-=-=
>
> Please take into account: 1) I'm not trying to take sides, become
> a 'list
> overlord' (That's Jay's Job! ;-) or start [yet another] flamewar.
> I'm just
> pointing out there's a lot more to it than just preference and
> there
> actually is good logical reasoning behind the top-post vs. inline
> post vs.
> bottom post vs. psychic post vs. ad nauseum post replying methods.
>
> Laterz,
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>
> P.S. the method of 'top posting' has a tendency for the 'replier'
> to not
> notice they're not trimming their replies - including your 9-line
> sig that
> you replied from yourself with and left it in both times...
> ;-) It's along the same lines of: "Be Kind To Jay" and all that,
> of which,
> might I say, you shouldn't be feigning naivete'...
>
> --
> Roger "Merch" Merchberger | Anarchy doesn't scale well. -- Me
> zmerch_at_30below.com. |
> SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers
>
>
I AM WONDERING IT I SHOULD HAVE TRIMMED THIS????????
Received on Thu Feb 24 2005 - 13:25:04 GMT