Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1695 mails)

[Adam Tauno WIlliams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 11:31 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> In <4A5DF685.5090504@xxxxxxxx>, Dan Goodman wrote:
> > [H]aving been personally flamed for having done something similar
> > recently, I am curious as to whether or not it (fullquoting when adding
> > a short bottom-post) is really an issue to most people, or just to a
> > couple.
> If you message is more than 80% quoted text and attribution, you haven't 
> trimmed enough.  You should provide just enough context for users not to be 
> confused about your meaning or the meaning of the quoted text.  The older 
> messages should have already been delivered to them and be available in the 
> public archives.

My rule is: cut everything but what is required to get the context your
reply.  

I'm really conscious of this because I use lists and list archives a
lot.  It is good to keep the archive in mind when composing messages so
that someone coming to a message in the archive can read it [and
understand] it easily.  That is greatly facilitated by replying in-line
(not just at the top or bottom) and trimming kruft.

> You should do this because it is polite, and not everyone is "lucky" enough 
> be using the same email setup you have.  Plus, trimming shouldn't take 
> significantly longer than reading the email again.  We should cater to the 
> varied needs of others on this list, since there are more of "them" then 
> there are of "me".  If I spend 30 seconds extra but it saves each reader of 
> this list 1 second, the list as a whole has saved time.

Ditto.

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