It is good to have these discussions, my only concern is that we scare off people that are worried about sending a message to the mailing lists and getting it wrong. There was an email earlier today where that happened to some degree. I'm all for some helpful guidelines but we don't want to end up coming across as those people that complain about what way a message is sent.
On 23 Jan 2014, at 9:27 PM, Jens Alfke <j...@couchbase.com> wrote: > > On Jan 23, 2014, at 1:03 AM, Benoit Chesneau <bchesn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just following http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 is good. > > Etiquette changes over time, and this RFC is nearly 20 years old. Complaining > about top-posting is very "Get off my lawn, kids!" > > I try to inline-post, except if I'm composing on a phone. But I don't much > mind what style people use, as long as they don't quote the entire message > and then add a line somewhere in the middle of it. > >> Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the >> postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a >> response to a message before seeing the original. Giving context >> helps everyone. > > Technology changes too. I remember the days of UUCP-based Netnews, but it > hasn't been that way in ages. Out-of-order receipt is no longer an issue, and > nearly all mail clients show threads, so it's not hard to see the context of > a reply. > >> But do not include the entire original! > > I can't help noticing you included Andy's entire original, Benoit :) > > —Jens
