[hobbit] About guidelines for posting, disclaimers and such

[Kevin Grady]

Thank you Henrik. This was turning into Slashdot...


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:01:54 +0100, Henrik Stoerner <henrik at hswn.dk> wrote:
> Everyone: Please calm down, if you haven't done so already.
> 
> I've been administering public mailing lists long enough to know that
> fighting "bad" posting manners is most often an excercise in futility
> (you can choose whatever "bad" means here).
> 
> Disclaimers are annoying, but I know that some people just cannot
> avoid them because if silly policies in their company - I too work for
> one of those large US-based corporations that require this on all
> outgoing e-mails. I have the option of using my personal mail system
> instead, but not everyone does.
> 
> And frankly, using a Hotmail or some other public account for stuff
> you do at work is just annoying - I'd never do it myself.
> 
> As for top- or bottom-quoting, each has his preference. I prefer
> people to quote *intelligently* - ie. quote just enough of the
> original message at the beginning of the e-mail to make the reader
> remember what this is about before adding your own comments.
> 
> But in the end, I care about *what* people write, not *how* they do
> it. If you have a question about Hobbit, you're allowed to ask it
> here.
> 
> (Of course, no-one is obliged to actually *answer* questions, so when
> you post it is a good idea to be civilized, or you'll just end up
> being ignored).
> 
> Henrik
> 
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