On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 05:44:29PM -0400, Jon Radel wrote: > [Entire digest that has nothing at all to do with the above that both > you sent out again removed.] > > Spam the whole mailing list? Ah, at least you're forthright and know > yourself well... > > Ever occur to you two forum fans that the mailing list would work better > if you used it right? Little matters such as: > > * If you're starting a new discussion thread, don't reply to an existing > e-mail; it throws off the people who use thread-aware MUAs. > > * If you're replying to something in a digest cut out all the stuff > you're not replying to and fix up the subject line. > > * TRIM! > > * TRIM SOME MORE! > > * If you're sending a "Me Too" reply, TRIM YET SOME MORE! > > (See Mathew Davis's follow up for a beautiful example of trimming. :-)
I agree. My main problem with a forum is that all the ones I've have serious deficiencies, the biggest one being that it's really easy to lose new messages if you don't dedicate a block of time to reading all new messages (Sometimes in just one forum, sometimes site-wide). I have yet to see a forum software that doesn't mark them all read if you have an emergency in the middle and have to come back later. For some people that's fine, but I prefer that my e-mail box stores a flag in each message and lets me read on my own time. As for the rest, I concur. Good netiquette goes a long way. Too bad it's a dying art. -KW _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community