Philipp Thomas writes:

But IMO it wouldn't hurt either to point out places where somebody with a question could/should look first before turning to the list. And I'd *really* love to see things like HTML postings, unnecessary attachments and excessive quoting (and it's specially the latter that annoyed me most lately) vanishing from this list or at least getting reduced. And an _unofficial_ ettiquette would help achieving that. At least I think it would and it seems like others here agree with me.

In general I don't care for followups that give a long quote and then say, "Me too." But you have said in essence just what I would have written. So this is in essence a "me too." There may be a place for HTML in private emails between consenting adults, but I really don't think it is appropriate for a mailing list. And I would like it if there were a consistent quoting policy in followups. Some list members like to quote the entire message and insert responses at the top. That is also the convention where I work. I hate it. It means you sometimes have to reread the entire conversation "bottom up" to remind yourself of previous comments. I find it much easier to follow the flow of a thread when quotes are trimmed carefully and responses are inserted just after the material they respond to. And I find it very confusing when the two conventions are mixed. I think it would be nice if there were a consensus on such things. Not an official ruleset, just an acceptable convention. -- Bud Rogers http://www.sirinet.net/~budr/zamm.html Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/