The only (poor) excuse is ignorance. Netiquette rules were established by the earliest adopters, who tended to be on the leading edge of technology or academia. As time went on (and Mac users got on the internet :P), wider proliferation has lowered the common denominator and poluted the medium. You cannot fault those who are trying to (re)purify it.
BINGO!
As I said in an earlier post (The one i wrote previous to this) Such rules were written up in the very earlist forms of Electronic Mail (BBS Mail, and older) in order to cut costs on mail transfer... it just became good standard practice to continue to this day. Keeping these standards allows everyone to communicate effectively.
-- DaiTengu Director, Website Development http://www.unitedadmins.com
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