> I'm going to have to come down on Ed's (Can I call
> you Ed?) side here.<br>
> <br>
> these are *mailing lists*, NOT Jive-forums.&nbsp;
> yes, the problem is
> between the Jive interface (and other similar
> web-based list readers)
> and email.<br>
> <br>
> HOWEVER, this is firstly a mailing list, so the
> standards of the
> mailing list apply FIRST.&nbsp; And, even in a Jive
> forum setting, it really
> does help to quote what exactly you are referring to,
> particularly from
> large previous posts.&nbsp; It's distracting to have
> to read a huge previous
> post just to figure out what a 1-line reply refers to
> in that post.<br>
> <br>
> We have conventions to follow for orderly discussion,
> and the
> convention for mailing lists is to (selective)
> QUOTE&nbsp; for a reply.&nbsp;
> This is not a Jive forum.&nbsp; This is a mailing
> list, of which Jive is but
> one interface possible for reading that list.&nbsp;
> It's not unreasonable to
> ask that all participants adhere to a standard of
> behavior, regardless
> of the method they chose to read the list with.<br>


This is not a mailing list, this is a Jive forum, of which email is but one 
interface possible for reading that list. It's not unreasonable to ask that all 
participants adhere to a standard of behavior, regardless of the method they 
chose to read the forum with.

Please don't quote the text you are replying to. In my Jive forum interface I 
can easily see that so it's wasted space/bandwidth. By the way, when I quote 
you, it's full of strange HTML tags and invalid line breaks.

I think you get my point :)

I would suggest the mailing list + Jive integration to be reviewed, if it's 
causing too much trouble. Personally I prefer the mailing lists (even though I 
usually post through Jive for opensolaris-discuss).
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