Various bits of etiquette (was Re: Can't Keep Kernel Log Messages From Console)
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 02:05, Alan Connor wrote:
> > From andrew@arobeia.co.uk Mon Jul 28 23:47:50 2003
> >
> >
> > Alan Connor wrote:
> > >>From cjwatson@debian.org Mon Jul 28 20:12:58 2003
> > >
> >
> > The stupid idiot must have have jumped to the insane conclusion that you
> > were reading this with mutt from the irrelevant facts that you were
> > complaining that you couldn't read it and that you said you were using mutt.
> >
> > Imagine! believing what you told him instead of looking for the "enough
> > clues in my posts" to deduce you were talking crap!
> >
> > I think I'll killfile him too, in case he starts believing what I say.
> >
> >
> >
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> I didn't say anything about killfiling Colin. Are you troll?
>
>
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> I DO use mutt to post with, and slrn to read the posts off usenet.
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> Obviously, neither can do anything with what ended up on usenet....
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> I believe that I am being blamed for someone else's ignorance or selfishness.
>
> THEY were unaware or disdainful of the fact that a LOT of people read ldu from
> the usenet. There was a thread on the subject earlier, the latter part of which
> made it onto the mailing list. I participated in that thread. In fact, it was
> initiated by a fellow kind enough to point out that my posts to the newsfeed
> were not making it onto the mailing list, which I did not realize.
>
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> PGP, attachments, and HTML have no place on the usenet, and people whose posts
> ultimately end up there, or those responsible for the delivery, need to observe
> proper netiquette. At least that's my take on the subject, and that of many
> others.
PGP *must* be acceptable on the mailing lists; the raison d'etre
of PGP signing is so that, for example, we'll know that Bob Proulx
actually sent his emails.
http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct
>From the code of conduct: "Avoid sending large attachments."
Hey, that must mean you can send *small* and *medium* sized
attachments!!
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