Mailing list etiquette

[Jonesy]

On Tue, 03 May 2011 18:05:57 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 05/03/2011 03:07 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 01:52:37PM +1200, chris wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 17:07 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>> > Just a friendly reminder to folks that are new to this list, please read:
>>> > 
>>> > http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists
>>> > 
>>> > Mailing list etiquette
>>> > These guidelines are designed to keep the productivity of the Ubuntu
>>> > mailing lists at a high level. They represent the conventions currently
>>> > used by the majority of participants in the mailing lists, and should be
>>> > used as a frame of reference for mailing list etiquette.
>>> > 
>>> > o Please bottom post & trim.
>>> > o Please avoid sending emails in HTML format, if possible.
>>> > 
>>> > Thanks. :-)
>>> 
>>> Does this also apply to sounder?
>> 
>> Careful. You'll upset Alan.
>
> Really? And where were you at 21:00 UTC today?

There's no more obvious troll than for a self-appointed crossing 
guard to post a set of commandments on newsgroup etiquette.