From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 16 22:48:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA12337 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:48:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA12249 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:48:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA15138; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:45:49 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA22620; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:45:49 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Message-Id: <199802170645.IAA22620@greenpeace.grondar.za> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Greg Lehey cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: Is it just me, or are people forgetting how to write mail? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:45:48 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 I have noticed a large increase in this as well; o No trimming of the original message and minimal added material. o Not quoting the original message, just supplying an out-of context answer. o No subject line. (Hehehe - I'm sometimes guilty here!) o Excessive cross-posting. o "Strange" requests ("please dont reply to me, please reply to 'strange@email.addre.ss'") o Long paragraphs that are difficut to quote and comment on, 'cos they dont break up easily, and are difficult to read. o ALL UPPERCASE/all lowercase and no linebreaks messages. o Screwed up email addresses that are unreply-able. o Warlord .signatures. ... and these are from folk who are supposed to have a clue! I'm not talking about lusers. > Am I just getting intolerant in my old age, or do other people see > this as a problem as well? Hehehe! I work for an ISP (the biggest dial-ISP in South Africa) and the amount of _bad_ email we get from supposedly clued-up folk is scary. > Oh, and this way I'll see if -chat is still alive :-) I'm here! M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message