<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Cybe R. Wizard <<a href="mailto:cyber_wizard@mindspring.com">cyber_wizard@mindspring.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:02:04 +0200 Nils Kassube <<a href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net">kassube@gmx.net</a>> wrote: > Basil Chupin wrote: > > To begin.... *PLEASE*, I repeat, *please*, do not top post in this > > mail list. > > > > When you joined this list you had to read the rules which govern > > this list. Reread them if you have to. > > Being curious, I just subscribed to this list to see what rules you > might mean. The welcome mail has a link to the CoC [1] but there are > no additional rules mentioned which govern this list. In the CoC > there is nothing mentioned about posting style. Could you please > provide a link to the list rules if you insist that a new member > should know / reread them? > > > Nils > > [1] <<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct</a>> > </div>I've said it before, I'll say it again; the sign-up page needs to point not only to the CoC, but to the mailing list etiquette [1] page as well. It would be well if everyone had to sign /BOTH/ of those before joining. Until that happens it is really pointless to bitch about non-compliance (although I sometimes do anyway). [1] <<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists</a>> the etiquette part is halfway down the page Cybe R. Wizard -- When Windows are opened the bugs come in. Winduhs <div><div></div><div class="h5"> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> Now it's a relief.. although my fault if I overlooked that, but the way he used that phrase *PLEASE* ... damn awful. I think he's even no better than me.