[PLUG] Dialup Server on network with Linksys DSL/Cablemodemrouter

[Greg Long]

It always seemed like selective quoting, often taking things out of
context - like the press does.  Plus, with the entire message quoted,
you have a chronological record going down the line, which people can
selectively read.

but that's just my $.02.  It does increase the size of the email over
time of course.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Doug Davis
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:17 AM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: RE: [PLUG] Dialup Server on network with Linksys
DSL/Cablemodemrouter


On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 04:22, Greg Long wrote:
>  People have a habit here of including only part of
> previous posts when replying, so I see it is not included below.

Probably since that is proper email etiquette. Its pretty rude to expect
people to read through a whole thread of irrelevant stuff to get to the
point you are replying to. This is also why companies like mine spend
huge amounts of money backing up email that is pretty much the same
information over and over again. The proper way to respond is to edit
out all but what you are responding to and then put your response
underneath. Some bad email clients like Outlook ..the one you use) make
this harder by  putting the cursor and signature on top. 

>From RFC 1855 ( http://www.albury.net.au/new-users/rfc1855.txt ) :
"- If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
      summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
      enough text of the original to give a context.  This will make
      sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
      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.  But do not include the entire original!"

Doug Davis



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