From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 30 06:37:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE4F106564A for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:37:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54748FC0A for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:37:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so4183080ewy.43 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:37:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=5b9JDwP8PWoaYRUvFOn0G83pEFOPcoj/ODKXjmqF3ec=; b=noVLE2T7MDDgnzvtslxaotrvT3UZJJGSWyXXYqKmY5KTxnWagizKmkoCzYf9iCvlHX b77jSMf9DrE3XQqjIZi2jEARwjKgCILN2KTtxzN/7t80ztK73Khh2Xx/MhWyQd856UtJ sule38R5agn8eIOtSYHTiO1kdv1G3g64a7oWE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bDwXLPXhu/Mxyu4vsAcxTUAedl68swTG9/I0hQbZHD2c9LcLU2d4WbGenbSI4++jQv 1h14YtmRveUqTwKXSIHJ0JVezkZsm7s6lp1kVwnA6KGtmKZrswgcPg34VIaWS3xNKNpb hq210arjwYGpkvmwKP78UBgdEhAeDo4IQTBmE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.3.79 with SMTP id 57mr2252776weg.166.1246343827075; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:37:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4a49abd2.TKuItlP0lNs/KVnb%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4A48A7EC.4070702@gmail.com> <20090629153148.GG80667@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4a49abd2.TKuItlP0lNs/KVnb%perryh@pluto.rain.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:36:44 +0100 Message-ID: To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: jerrymc@msu.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I append a PR I submitted? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:37:09 -0000 2009/6/30 : > Jerry McAllister wrote: >> > See subject >> It is impolite to expect someone responding to a message to >> have to go back to the subject line like this. >> > See subject >> is a very inadequate and somewhat tersely offensive. > > To each his own, I guess. =A0In the case of a one-liner question > which is adequately asked in the Subject, some of us find it a bit > annoying to see the same question repeated as the only body line. > >> It certainly does not help those with a text based Email reader >> that does not show the subject in the included text for a response. > > I'd expect it to have been reused -- prepended with Re: if it didn't > already start that way -- as the Subject: of the reply. Assuming you hit Reply to every question like that.... Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?