Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 11:16:41 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1022861802.96ac4b@mired.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> Cc: rob <rob@pythonemproject.com>, "chat@freebsd.org" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: My friends were amazed at FreeBSD... Message-ID: <15601.2665.379231.456776@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020525175149.A69827@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20020524143036.C67484@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020524164101.P51722-100000@muheleja.eenet.ee> <20020524163603.L81843@lpt.ens.fr> <3CEECD6A.5E9BB6A6@pythonemproject.com> <20020525175149.A69827@lpt.ens.fr>
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In <20020525175149.A69827@lpt.ens.fr>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> typed: > rob said on May 24, 2002 at 16:31:54: > [snip entire quote of irrelevant mail] > > Now, I've gotten a "haircut" on the OpenBSD list from Theo, but for good > > reasons :) > Maybe you need another haircut :) or your mails do, they're too long > on top. There is no earthly reason to quote an entire mail on top of > each of your mails. If your mail client doesn't allow you to delete > lines[1], maybe you could bottom quote instead. Some people don't > like it, but it's better than forcing your readers to wade through > lines and lines of irrelevant stuff which they've read already, before > getting to your point... If your mail reader is that broken, don't quote. All the stuff that's been read before is irrelevant whether it's on the top or the bottom. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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