On 5 November 2010 00:48, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/04/2010 04:41 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote: >> It's weird actually. I like context to my messages... <snip> so giving context and history to what you are saying by >> quoting a little too much doesn't bother me as much as it bothers some. > So do I. Unlike you, however, I see no reason to quote the entire > conversation to "give context," That's not actually what I said. I think there is a balance to be had between brevity and completeness, but I acknowledge that my own tolerance of where that line falls is further towards completeness than some other people. Hence I don't tend to pick people up when they quote "too much", because while I know I wouldn't quote that much, it really doesn't bother me when other people do. If you review my history, you'll see that my quoting tends to be relatively brief and relevant, because I deliberately conform to the expected behaviour even though I have no particular personal drive to do so - that's just good etiquette. Quite often in my work email, I top-post and quote the entire message - because I am conversing with a population who expects it. I also send HTML email as well when conducting a dialog with non-technical colleagues. That doesn't mean that when I send email to my technical colleagues I don't switch to bottom posting, quoting briefly and wrapping at 72 characters. It's like being multilingual - you have to tailor your communication to your audience. -- Sam -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
