From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 27 14:54:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68EDA37B416 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:54:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from columbia ([12.93.210.145]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20011127225444.ULYK28078.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:54:44 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Scott Gerhardt" , "FreeBSD" Subject: RE: Email Etiquette on this list Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:51:00 -0500 Message-ID: <001201c17795$fbec89e0$6600000a@ach.domain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Gerhardt > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 4:53 PM > Subject: Email Etiquette on this list > > Is there a preferred message protocol for responding to this list? > I think it would be helpful is there was some sort of guidling > for composing > and replying to messages. > > I typically do the following protocol for messages, suggestions welcome: > > - Use a meaningful subject line This would help. Additionally, if people could modify subject lines when the subject of the e-mail begins to stray from the original post, that would be great as it would signal new content. > - Replies are posted at the _TOP_ of the message; saves scrolling when > following a long thread and keeps everything is reverse > chronological order. WRONG. By TOP posting, you lose the contextual value of the remarks that have been made along the length of the thread. > - Compose in question/answer format and avoid long philosophical > discussion > where possible or take the long winded disscussions off the list. Guilty as charged, but I do agree. There are times where discussions stray here and keep going so far afield that a number of people lose interest and you're left with a couple of talking heads going back and forth about what widget works best. When posting to the list, you need to keep in mind that this is FreeBSD-Questions... thusly, posts should relate to FreeBSD and have content along the lines of questions (imagine that!) and answers... --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message