Some more observations on list etiquette (was Comments about Linux/Ubuntu)

[Eric Feliksik]

Matthew East wrote:
> An appeal to the list users: can we try and make sure that we only send
> emails which are absolutely necessary to further the discussion? This
> list is really high volume, and emails like that are quite heavy on the
> bandwidth, many users are likely to be on modems.
> 

It improves bandwidth-efficiency, but also reading-efficiency.

Also, please change the subject more often, people. "Comments about 
Linux/Ubuntu from a former MS-programmer" contains huge subthreads that 
are about wildly varying things, like bug-triaging, KDE, Nautilus, 
icons, window-manager-behaviour, etcetera. Most of it has nothing to do 
with what the ex-MS-employee said *at all*, so the subject is irrelevant.

Combined with Matthew's suggestions I think that would make sounder more 
readable.

> A general rule: it isn't always necessary to reply to every mail in a
> thread.

True! :)

Eric