On Sunday 21 Sep 2003 4:25 am, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:36:47 -0700 > > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 13:32, Eric Huff wrote: > > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEti > > >quette > > > > > > > Would a link to one of the many copies of RFC 1855 such as > > > > this one be relevant here? It could be quoted as a more > > > > thorough authority. > > > > > > > > HTML > > > > http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3 > > > > > > > > Plain Text > > > > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html > > > > > > Yeah, good idea. > > > > Not to be a spoil sport but isn't this a bit much? 6 or 7 points > > and requests from my peers is sufficient to guide me. An RFC is > > a magnet for all kinds of List Nazi action, debates on > > interpretation etc. Besides this RFC is after all a Request for > > Comment, not a law. My comment since it was requested is, the > > document is pompous in it's pretensions and a lot more than is > > needed in this environment. Let's not go overboard with this. > > > > james > > That's just the point. Rules get broken, but a mailing lists run > smoother when they are adhered to. I reckon that if people are made > aware of this, and then are given the opportunity to choose on a > list by list basis how much it applies. I remember taking some > really hard hits when i went for advice on IRC, before finding > newbie. They didn't follow the RFC either, they just wouldn't > listen to anything from newbies, hell just lurking to see what > conversation there was could get you kicked. > > I found a really good history of RFC's one day while i was looking > for ARPANET history. Sidetracked me for about 3 hours while i was > absorbed in the whole thing. They came about from an excess of > politeness where people were highly reluctant to step on the toes > of others.
I'm in two minds. Personally I prefer the informal, but there are those who only defer to authority. I don't mind either way. Give it today to get some opinions, then I'll go with the majority. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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