on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:26:37AM +0200, Joerg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Sebastiaan wrote: > > > > High, > > > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Gaelle T. Morin wrote: > > > > > Well, > > > I broke my own promise to be a lurker of this list. > > > However, I am just wondering on how do others read this mega list. > > > Is that: "d"(elete), "d", "d", and "<CR>" once in awhile?
I'll peruse subjects I'm interested in, generally skip stuff of marginal
interest in which there's a lot of discussion (I figure the question's
been addressed, and topic has probably drifted), and try to respond to
otherwise unanswered posts.
I also tend to delete anything that's:
- HTML formatted.
- doesn't wrap < 80 characters (I highly recommend 72).
- doesn't follow reasonable quoting rules: postfix, '> ' lead.
- is grossly misspelled, mispunctuated, lacks capitalization,
paragraphing, coherent thought, or is otherwise tiresome to read.
Hence, I say: write as if you're asking a favor of your reader. Very
often on mailing lists you are.
I'll give *some* allowance on the last point for people who are clearly
not native English speakers. I've spent some time in foreign lands (and
even parts of New Jersey) where it's damned hard to understand or be
understood, and can respect that. But if language is a sufficiently
high barrier, I'll recommend seeking regionalized support.
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