Here is an axample of top-posting. So sue me :) The fact is that we should be pleased this list attracts people who don't know the correct etiquette. IT MEANS (please forgive my shouting) NON-SAVVY PEOPLE ARE USING (trying to use) SuSE! This has been said many times before. Sure we need a protocol. Someone ought to write one and post it wherever people sign up for this list. Then it would be easy to refer a hijacker or otherwise uneducated beginner to that well written and politely encouraging post. I think it is important to help newbies rather than repel them. If you (oldies) want to depend on SuSE indefinitely it must grow in popularity. Things never stay the same. SuSE's popularity can either grow or shrink. If it shrinks I have to switch my allegiance to another distro which I can rely on to retain critical mass and continue indefinitely. Mail rage is repulsive. Mike Dana J. Laude wrote:
On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 20:31 -0700, jdow wrote:
Seems to me you men are hijacking a thread yourself. You are very bad men. Retire your selves to a corner and sit there for an hour contemplating your sin.
{^_-} Joanne, being 1) obnoxious, 2) silly, or 3) observant.
Seems to me that top quoting isn't good either. WTF, this list was not so unclued before. Seriously though, a few of the latest threads have been pretty lame. (unsubscribe from SLE as an example)
Let's just get back to support issues / questions and get along. (putting on flame suit) ;)
Dana