[LDAP-interop] Please be considerate when posting to this list.

[Christopher Hicks]

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Max Alberto León wrote:
>> [169 lines of unnecessary stuff deleted.] 
> Thank you so much, I cannot belive this.  Is actually embarasing a bit. 
> I've being looking into the darn file for almost two weeks and couldn't 
> figure it out. My dislexia has a really odd sence of humor.

Wow.  This seems like a good time to make note of a few things about how 
to post to this list and other internet lists.

(1) I'm dyslexic too, soo I'm not picking on Max for that.

(2) Quoting tons of stuff that other people said is a waste of time and 
bandwidth unless it provides an effective context for what you're saying. 
Given the choice of having the same stuff quoted over and over again and 
not having anybody quoting anybody I think I'd take the latter, but 
luckily we don't have only those two choices.  So, either delete what the 
other guy said completely or pare it down to the bare minimums.  Quoting 
an entire digest -- with mercifully only two messages since this is a 
small list -- is way too much and provides no meaningful context for your 
comments.

(3) The subject line became an issue for the same reason.  If you get the 
digest you've made a choice.  That choice is that you get fewer emails 
(though not many fewer since its such a light list), but to post you have 
to go to extra effort to get things like the subject line right.  Its not 
rocket science to start a new email instead of replying to the digest and 
make sure everything is right.

(4) This effort may be inconvenient in your email enviroment, but it is 
far more inconvenience to have hundreds of people guessing what you mean 
when there's no meaningful subject.  It is far more convenient for the 
sender to delete unnecessary information than it is for hundreds to filter 
through it to find the heart of the message.

(5) There are plenty of netiquette recommendations and posting guidelines 
out there, and if you haven't read them please do.  :)

Thanks for everyone's time.  Max - sorry for singling you out here, but 
you're the straw that broke the camel's back in this case.

-- 
</chris>

My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I'm not selling bread, I'm selling
yeast.
            - Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936)
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