On Wednesday, 13 October 2004 23.43, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
No, I bet to differ. "Published guidelines on posting" advise trimming the quoted mat'l, leaving only enough to keep the subject/question in context. This *would* allay the perceived problem of having to "xcroll that message" to "get past" the quoted text.
I am sure that you should not have to "scroll" to read my response, unless you employe a *very* diminutive screen or your mail client has a very small text area.
Netiquette also advises against Off Topic postings, and whatever anyone may think on the subject, postings about netiquette are not only off topic, they are frequently more annoying, longer, consuming more bandwidth, and causing more flame wars than the actual netiquette breaches. Could I make a suggestion: I would ask those that feel so strongly about netiquette that they correct the offending individual OFF LIST! Post it directly to the offender, that way the rest of us won't have to put up with it, and more to the point, you won't give this list a bad reputation for being hostile And please don't reply "but then others won't see and be corrected". Trust me, it ain't gonna happen.