begin quoting Chris Louden as of Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 07:07:34AM -0700: > I completely capable of filtering messages. I was just curious why KP > did things differently then all of the other lug lists I participate > in.
Avoid top-posting. Learn to trim. For example: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Louden wrote: > >> > >> If I may ask, what is the reason the various KPLUG mailing lists do > >> not identify themselves in the subject line? e.g. [KPLUG], > >> [KPLUG-Kooler] and etc. > > > > It takes up a lot of space unnecessarily. Filter on the List-Id: header if > > you want something to filter on. Everything past here didn't need to be quoted at all, as it needlessly takes up space, which is time to someone reading your post. Wasting your reader's time to preserve one's own laziness quite effectively demonstrates disdain for your readers. > > -- > > Tracy R Reed Read my blog at http://ultraviolet.org > > Key fingerprint = D4A8 4860 535C ABF8 BA97 25A6 F4F2 1829 9615 02AD > > Non-GPG signed mail gets read only if I can find it among the spam. > > > > -- > > KPLUG-Steer@kernel-panic.org > > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer Past here is where the mailing list software appended the mailing-list signature block, so quoting it (as you did above) just adds more of the same text again, as below: > -- > KPLUG-Steer@kernel-panic.org > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer It's all just a visual distraction at best, and a sign of contempt at worst. -- Why do I want to bother reading the words of someone who despises me? Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-Steer@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
