You said it far better tha I..................
burns wrote:
> Tom Wilson wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 03 July 2001, Les Bell dropped these nuggets of information:
> > [lot's o' snips]
> >
> > I have to side with Les here. As a lot of us on this list
> > still are subscribed to the Caldera list, the cross posting gets
> > somewhat cumbersome. I've always believed that cross-posting was a
> > *bad thing* (tm). There are other ways to find out info that is cross-
> > posted.
> >
>
> OK, my tuppence worth:
>
> 1) When Netiquette mattered, cross-posting was considered a violation
> and generally "tacky" or "bad form".
>
> 2) As a courtesy to others, if you are going to post publicly available
> information to the list, it is generally prudent (and polite) to:
>
> - make sure it is relevant and of broad interest/importance;
>
> - ensure that it is credible; and
>
> - not quote the whole thing. Instead just provide a one or two sentence
> intro and a link to the original source.
>
> Just my humble opinion. YMMV.
>
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> burns
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