RE: [backstage] Use of Tinyurl in Emails

[Andrew Bowden]

 



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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Butterworth
        
        On 08/11/2007, Andrew Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

                

                        I'm not sure why *I* should change my email
system just to suit someone with a legacy system either. 
                        It's not a rule of the list to do what you are
asking, so I feel inclined to decline your suggestion.   

                It's called good nettiquete to consider others when
posting to mailing lists.  How you do that is entirely up to you and
your email provider. 

        
        In fact it is not.  RFC 1855 says
         
        "You may shorten the message and quote only relevant parts, but
be sure you give proper attribution. "
         
        http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
         
        Please stop making up your own rules and then calling them
"netiquette".  

Brian, I have been on online communities for well over 11 years.  And I
know fully well that "netiquette" is not a rule or a set of rules.  It
is generally about being polite and considerate of others.
 
Being polite and considerate anywhere and any time is always a good
thing IMHO.