Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1982 mails)

[Sandy Drobic <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2008-11-18 at 10:16 -0000, Dave Howorth wrote:
>
> > The main reason for plain text mails and trimming posts, IMHO, is so
> > people who still have to use slow dial-up links can participate. Again,
> > that's not usually a concern in a corporate environment.
>
> It maybe if you are on the road and your cellular company puts a 1GB
> limit per month on your internet connection.

Try China and Blackberry, then each spam you receive costs a lot more than you
would ever would have imagined. (^-^)

No, my reason for inline replies and trimming mails is efficiency. You can
read this mail in a few seconds and still see all relevant parts in context.

If I have to puzzle out a mixture of top and bottom posts without any trimming
it would cost a lot more time for me to read the mail. I only have a limited
amount of time, so I skip over badly written mails even if I know I could
help. Why should I go out on a limb if the help-searching poster doesn't deem
it necessary to present his/her case as clear and concise as possible.


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