On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM, John <john_82@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
I based my comments on the pages I read while joining the list.
That's why when I reply, I reply directly to the area I am quoting, and not the end of the message.
To be useful the final mail must contain the problem and the solution otherwise there is no point in searching list archives. The word fixed helps too and who am I to delete the source of the fix.
Not neccessarily. If the subject is clear enough, then it's probably not neccessary to copy the entire thread. Just the meat of the current part of the discussion is neccessary
Anyway thanks to Patrick. I've asked a few suse specific questions on here and this is the 1st time I've had a useful answer - even though it may not be suse specific issue.
The Linux world is more than just 1 distro.
One question resulted in a huge volume of mail that had no relation what so ever to the original question. That sort of thing has much more effect on the volume of traffic and makes the thread useless too. It happens from time to time. eg what's the point in the current IRC thread - basically a total lack of discipline in relation to what this list is intended for.
That's life. Discussions get off track all the time. That's why it's neccessary to try to get it back on track and/or split topics into different threads(and it helps to let people know that that is actually being done also). It's also why there are supposed to be moderators. All you were being asked was to prune out what you were quoting: 1. Don't include someone else's signature. 2. Remove things that aren't relevant. 3. Don't top post. Bottom post underneath of what you are replying to, and not the whole message at one time. It makes things easier to understand. Also, keep in mind that there are still people using 56k modems. Having a huge thread with all kinds of unncessary quoting makes for a bad experience. It's bad enough that most websites think everyone is using a T1 or better now. Good luck. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org