On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 22:07 +1030, Tim wrote: > Wrong: Send a message with a stupid subject line that doesn't give > anybody any reason to read your message. What the hell is > "Is it really OK" supposed to refer to? > Right: Write your subject in a way that accurately, and succinctly, > describes your message. > > Wrong: Hijack a thread by replying to something completely different. > Right: Start a new message. Use that feature in your mail client that > actually says to create a new message. If your message is not > a reply to a message, then do NOT use the reply feature of a > mail client. > > Wrong: Lose your message in the middle of someone else's thread by > hijacking a thread. > Right: Start a new message for a new thread. See above. > > Wrong: Ignore advice you receive, and argue with people advising you. Wrong: Ask "Package foo doesn't work. Why?" Right: Ask "Package foo under KDE on an i386 hangs/crashes/gives an error message" poc
