On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Robert Schweikert <rjsch...@suse.com> wrote: > > > On 05/08/2012 04:16 AM, Ram Chinta wrote: >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com] >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 5:14 AM >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >>> Subject: RE: E-Mail client guidelines on the mailing list >>> >>>>> - No top-quoting, only bottom quoting or in-line
[SNIP] There's a nice IETF RFC on this: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 There's also this really nice essay I always like to read from Eric Raymond. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html I'm not suggesting anyone is doing anything wrong here and nor is anyone here of inferior intellect: it's just the title Eric chose the essay :-). Sometimes I re-read this essay and realize that I can always improve and often slide on my netiquette. Alex's Thought Exercise ------------------------------- Everyone knows the concept of the devil. Whether you believe it or not does not matter however presume you were given the job of being the head master of making sure that all man kind failed to reach it's potential. Now how best could you sabotage humanity with the least effort? ------------------------------- We spend a lot of time communicating, and flaws in communication (I've seen it here) can either lead to the best of friends or the worst of enemies. Comm is the basis of both communication and community. When communication is solid enough you can crystalize community on it. The health of the community is based on this. If we follow netiquette properly by for example inline-posting and selecting the proper subjects with small concepts that can be quickly read and digested then we will have direct responses quicker. It will be easier for people to engage and eventually the mailing list becomes a priceless knowledge base as it's indexed by search engines. -- Best Regards, -- Alex
