On 6 Jul 2009, at 11:59pm, James Gregurich wrote: > How's this... > > you have a pretty low threshold for "obnoxious." Frankly, I lack the > desire and energy needed to keep up with the list of rules people make > up. read the email or don't.
He didn't make up the rule. Nor did I. It's part of the standard for mailing lists and usenet: <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html> Section 3.1.1 (in part) "- If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the original to give a context. This will make sure readers understand when they start to read your response. Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context helps everyone. But do not include the entire original!" Simon. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
