From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 17 00:48:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA07787 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 00:48:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07765 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 00:48:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA03050; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:48:19 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id JAA13370; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:48:18 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980217094818.16871@follo.net> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:48:18 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Greg Lehey Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it just me, or are people forgetting how to write mail? References: <19980217165904.38126@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19980217165904.38126@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 04:59:04PM +1030 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Yes. On Tue, Feb 17, 1998 at 04:59:04PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > It seems to me that in the last couple of months the number of > hard-to-read mail messages has significantly increased. I've come to > expect poorly prepared messages from -questions, and I've written a > web page to try to stop people from doing the nasty things they do, > but lately I've noticed a tendency creeping in to the more technical > mailing lists as well. In particular, people are starting not to > interleave answer and original text, the original reason for quoting > messages, but just appending them at the end of the message, so that > after about three iterations you have to look in four different places > to find the references. > > Am I just getting intolerant in my old age, or do other people see > this as a problem as well? > > Oh, and this way I'll see if -chat is still alive :-) > > Greg > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message Eivind, who just had to :-) P.S. The "Yes." part is serious, though it's placement isn't. D.S. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message