2013/10/16 Andreas Tille <[email protected]> > Hi, > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:29:32PM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:32:14AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > > > Last Tip: On Debian lists you should not CC the author because it is > > > assumed that he is subscribed. I'm CCing you because I'm not sure > > > whether you yet subscribed the list. > > > > Because it breaks the flow of conversation. > > Why? > > 1. List policy. > 2. Rationale: Its sufficient to find one mail in one folder rather than in > my private one and the list folder created by procmail. > > > Top posting. > > Well, you know I'm a frequent poster and rarely do top posting. But > sometimes I see it comes easier to derive from inline posting if I > simply want to drop one idea. > > > What is the only thing more annoying than tedious reminders of a broken > policy? > > I do not think that a simple tip to an obvious beginner qualifies as > tedious reminder and I wonder whether you who knows the policy in this > mail are trying to provoke just another reminder. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > Easy guys, I have got the picture now. I'll avoid top posting and be careful with my email recipients in the future.
Please don't argue on such a trivial matter, it's a bit embarrassing for the "obvious beginner" in me :-) Thanks for your tips guys. Kind regards, Ghislain
