[GRLUG] Social norms

Adam Tauno Williams adamtaunowilliams at gmail.com
Mon May 12 14:46:56 EDT 2008


On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 10:25 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 08:30 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > RFC 1855:
> > > - If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
> > >   summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
> > >   enough text of the original to give a context.  This will make
> > >   sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
> > >   Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the
> > >   postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a
> > >   response to a message before seeing the original.  Giving context
> > >   helps everyone.  But do not include the entire original!
> > Someone should do a public service announcement on all the major
> > networks.  Or mail a copy of RFC1855 to every household in America!
> Which Windows SPAM-BOT network should you use?

I meant mail as in postal-snail-mail-hard-copy.  Most people don't ever
check their e-mail... there is too much SPAM! :)
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