Re: problems with fvwm
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 18:29:12 -0700 (PDT), Larry Smith wrote:
>--- "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> on Thu, Aug 15, 2002, Larry Smith (doccpu@yahoo.com)
>> wrote:
>>> [a bunch of stuff in reply to other stuff]
Here, you are replying to a previous post not germane to this fork.
>> Please use postfix quoting format: your reply goes
>> below the material
>> cited. Trim your quotes appropriately and ensure
>> your attributions are
>> accurate.
This is Karsten's request/comment to your post. Note the quote level
matches the level of your citation.
>Please tell me what the last comment in this chain
>(end of message) is all about?
>
>Should I be taller also? Younger perhaps? Or is it
>sufficient that when I have something of help to a
>user, that I contribute it???
>
>*************** What's this all about ???
And now you respond to Karsten. Finally, after the in-text comments, I
respond in general at the end of the over-all message.
Larry,
Karsten is referencing RFC1855, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html,
and its application to the common practices in use on this mailing list.
Post fixing replies is the de facto standard here.
While it may seem nonintuitive at first, once you get used to it, you'll
understand why prefixing replies screws up attributions and
comprehensibility. In this reply, I've re-ordered and edited to comply
with local mores. Notice how the level of quoting matches the quote
level of the person being replied to. Plus, the remarks are in chron
order so that you can scan down to get the gist of the thread before
reading the present post. (Which is why editing is critical.)
Don't take offense. Think of it as one of those 'when in Rome' things.
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