On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:46:37PM +0800, Paolo wrote: > bai, please read the next few lines. > when replying to a long post, place your replies in the first few lines > and please edit before you send mail. That's really a personal thing - unless PLUG has a quoting convention I've been disregarding for a while now... ;) I usually go for conversation-style - quote, reply, quote, reply, quote, reply. I feel this is more coherent then reply reply reply quote quote quote. <laugh> I think that having a couple of lines of quoted text allows people to quickly see what the message is about, as subject lines are too often unhelpful. ;) Likewise, being able to see reply text right away lets people see if this message is worth reading to the end. <laugh> I was thinking of going back to BBS-style quoting: SC> yadayadayada FOO> foofoofoo or something like that, since it makes attributions easier. But it'll screw up way too many email clients, and it's much easier to check back and see who said something. =) Is there any chance PLUG will be adopting a quoting guideline. It might not be used all the time, but it can help newbies (and oldbies! ;) ) develop good habits. -- Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3 BS CS geek =) Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Networks (ACENT) tel: 63(2) 426-6001 loc 5925 BOFH excuse #66: bit bucket overflow _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
