A Plea for sanitation when posting to this list.

Michael Thibault michael at cam.org
Fri May 6 15:13:00 UTC 2005


>On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 08:54:15AM +1000, David (david at kenpro.com.au) wrote:

>> follow some simple sane rules for posting?

>> * Make your subject line relevant
...
>> * other things I haven't thought of?

>* Keep sigs short.

I suggest:

* limit the use of your signature to one message/posting per week

And when you do include your sig, make damn sure your contribution to the
thread in which it is found is at least as long as your signature.

It's a mailing list: NO one needs multiple copies of your freakin' .sig,
.vcf, pithy quotes, contact details, instantaneous GPS-derived location of
your cat, etc.!

I also suggest:

* edit quoted text savagely

Retain only as much of it as is necessary to contextualize your
contribution, in the knowledge that the entire *thread* will
almost-certainly be re-constructible later. Anyone coming after you will
almost-certainly find the thread before/when they find your post in it.







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