Pinaki, On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 16:14 +0000, GOSSAMER PENGUIN wrote: > Admin, > you have frowned upon the last few of my posts as - "this level > of overquoting shall invalidate posting rights" .
I "frowned upon" you... when???? Or do you mean to tell me that both A. Mani and J. Bakshi is actually ***you***??? /me confused... very confused! Seriously, all your last posts dating back to 21st Sept, as can been seen at the ILUG-Cal archives doesn't show such "frowning" (see http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.kolkata) BTW, a mail like this is best sent off-list... > I am not sure what you mean - could you clarify this a little so > that we may refrain from violating the list policy But I'm glad that you brought this subject up though... From "The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Usenet" on the subject of overquoting (the last para of the excerpt is most important): <excerpt> Quote from previous messages to which you are responding but do trim the quoted text to the bare minimum necessary to place your remarks in context. While it is very good Netiquette to quote relevant passages of the previous message to which you are responding, it is considered a waste of bandwidth to overquote. Do not include the sig of the previous message in your quote - in many cases, seeing it the first time was bad enough! Quoting the entire text of a previous long message in order to add 'I agree' or 'Me too!' will immediately brand you as someone who has just opened their first free month's trial account with America Online. Adding "And me!" and quoting all of a message where someone has quoted the entire text of a previous long message and added 'I agree' or 'Me too!' will immediately brand you as someone who is clueless beyond redemption. The rule of thumb is that if the amount of quoted text exceeds the new text then you're overquoting. Sometimes it will be necessary to do this in order to give context to your comments but in general try to avoid it. </excerpt> In fact I would strongly recommend all members to read the entire FAQ http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/usenet/guide/guide.html Its an useful document. > Well if you mean quoting the previous mail to which i am replying > - I am not sure > how we can maintain a thread of discussion without doing so . Read the excerpt above, your question is answered there. hth, -ListAdmin > > - pinaki . -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
