Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:10:47 -0700 | From | jw schultz <> | Subject | Re: Posting format |
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On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 09:35:20PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > > Can we all, please, at least do things like not repeatedly quoting the > > > list's four-line signature, and not quoting things like .config files?
And user sigs, confidentiality declarations, etc.
> > > > One more: don't answer to people directly, only thru the list. > > It is quite annoying to receive the same message twice, especially if > > on a flamewar... > > > > Actually I was quite surprised to learn these rules aren't > > followed here. > > No, that is not the etiquette on this list, please _don't_ break the > CC list when replying - the FAQ particularly mentions this in section > 5.3. Breaking the CC list is very likely to reduce your chances of a > reply from a lot of developers. > [snip] > > Receiving the same message twice is generally a non-issue - the list > is high-volume anyway, so the odd duplicate message won't use up that > much extra bandwidth.
And can be easily dealt with in procmail. After filing the mailing list messages i trashcan any addressed to the lists. Then the only time i complain is when they are sent under seperate headers.
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