Elton, if the goal of proper "netiquette" is to reduce noise and confusion on mailing lists or the net in general I note that you are failing quite miserably. This discussion raised the noise level on this list to rather unacceptable levels. There is one charming virtue the human brain has that the CPU brain does not exhibit, yet. This virtue is adaptability. Let's plan to use some adaptability rather than turn into robots ourselves. And for crying out loud, guys, *SHUT UP* about this. The best reply to this message is silence about this stupid troll issue on this mailing list. {^_^} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elton Woo" <elwoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Elton Woo wrote: > > | David Hunt wrote: > | > |> this figured out, as the responses are not placed where I want them > |> to go. > |> Is there an ettiquette document? How should replies be formatted? I have > > > | 5) Keep any signature files to 4 lines or less. > > 6) I almost forgot: please enter a subject line. Or if subscribing to a > digest, enter the appropriate subject to which you are replying. This is > *especially important* when posting to a list, as is > bottom-posting. Not everyone reads a list from its inception, and 'no > subject' or top-posted messages make it hell for others who are either > researching information or new to a list. > > | These, IMVHO, are the very *minimal* rules to which one should adhere. > > Elton ;-) > [My "modus operandi" is reflected in the second line of my signature below]