Re: [Puppet Users] Mailing list etiquette

Trevor Vaughan
2012-05-16T13:42:49Z

I''m going to have to push back a bit at the no top posting with the
same reasoning as described here:
https://lopsa.org/content/top-posting-vs-bottom-posting-stop-tilting-windmills.

Especially since most mobile mail clients top-post, it''s going to be
difficult to get this one to stick.

I personally prefer it so that I don''t have to scroll past hundreds of
lines of:

"You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Puppet Users" group.
To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en."

If you''re directly responding to something non-obvious, I do think
that copying the relevant material up is nice but that you shouldn''t
lose the rest of the conversation for those poor folks who may be
using Mutt as their primary mail reader (or some other non-threading
reader).

My $.02

Thanks,

Trevor

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Michael Stahnke <stahnma@puppetlabs.com>
wrote:
> I wanted to quickly make a reminder on mailing list etiquette:
>
> * Don''t top post (quote inline)
> * Use plain text formatting (this works best for those with CLI mail
clients)
> * Try to limit the length/size of signatures, disclosure notices
> * Don''t insult others
> * Attempt to limit cross-posting with other lists
>
>
> We don''t have clear community guidelines or formal policy around
this.
>  I''d like to keep this as simple as possible.
>
> Thanks for understanding,
>
> Michael Stahnke
> Community Manager
>
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