Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 16:58:27 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions Message-ID: <19980826165827.B14420@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35DE3A1C.EE4B3AFA@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 11:25:16PM -0400 References: <199808220002.RAA17015@hub.freebsd.org> <35DE3A1C.EE4B3AFA@aei.ca>
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On Friday, 21 August 1998 at 23:25:16 -0400, Malartre wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> (650 lines of original text, qouted *twice*, omitted) > > Who will read that message! I did. I had to do so, 14 lines at a time, to get to your comments. You might like to check http://www.lemis.com/email.html for some suggestions, in particular how to trim unneeded quoted text. It doesn't say "don't quote it twice": I don't think that happens often enough to worry about. > I respect your great work but who will read that long boring message Hopefully those who continue to send us inappropriate messages. Sure, it doesn't always work, but at least I can say I tried. > for a so little subject. Your opinion. > I propose you > http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/how-to-ask-en.html > http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/how-to-ask-fr.html > Sure, it's not complete but the model is there: short explanation for a > short subject. It lack of explanation about how to reply and other > mailing-list, also about how to subscribe unsubscribe, but it's kinda ok > I think. I haved great support from a lot of people and the english on > it is near-perfect (wow!) :-) > What do you think? I don't have any objection to others explaining their viewpoints. > I want to know who readed that message from top to bottom. I did, or at least I was forced to display them to find your message. That's how I noticed you quoted everything twice. But you miss the point: I get 600 messages a day. I don't read them all, but with good, descriptive subjects (something I advocate in the message you're complaining about), I don't need to. Of course, people who send a subject like "HELP" are out of luck: I delete them without reading them. But you mention that in your messages. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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