Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:02:55 -0500 From: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What the devil is this POLA thing?? Message-ID: <20020420130255.A48286@sheol.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <ryadryw8ry.dry@localhost.localdomain>; from swear@blarg.net on Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 10:59:45AM -0700 References: <20020420060746.A13570@sheol.localdomain> <20020420142025.GB450@hades.hell.gr> <ryadryw8ry.dry@localhost.localdomain>
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On Apr 20, at 10:59 AM, Gary W. Swearingen wrote:
>
> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
> From: Gary W. Swearingen <swear@blarg.net>
> Subject: Re: What the devil is this POLA thing??
> Date: 20 Apr 2002 17:54 UTC
> Cc: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>
> Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> writes:
>
> > PS: You shouldn't depend on the fact that my mailer shows the subject
> > line with the body of the message. Email messages are expected to
> > include in their body, well, a body, and not just a salutation. Your
> > message violates POLA, by not doing so.
> >
> > /me ducks and runs laughing ;)
>
> You mean I can no longer write things like "The subject question is
> answered in the Hacker's Dictionary."? I have to repeat the question?
> You mean I have to add to the body things like "Dear Giorgos" and
> "Petulantly yours, Gary" -- how about a date in the upper right corner?
> Might as well require that it use nice, easy-to-read outline fonts, too
> -- and be formatted for easy printing.
>
> Bad ideas, all. People should assume that people's MUA shows them at
> least the "Subject:", "To:", "From:", "Cc:", and "Date:" header lines
> and that other MUAs are in need of fixing or replacement.
>
> P.S. And while I'm ranting: FreeBSD.org should be ashamed of themselves
> for adding content to the bodies of our messages. Especially such
> low-value content. Grrr.
Your tongue IS planted squarely in your cheek, right?
Dave
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