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[Antonio Manuel Dias]

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Olá.

Recebi esta mensagem na lista do Enigmail e achei que a devia partilhar
nesta lista.  Faço minhas as palavras do autor, incluindo aquelas em que
aquelas em que declara que não é administrador da lista e portanto, sem
qualquer autoridade no assunto.

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Assunto: [Enigmail] Posting etiquette
Data: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:15:54 -0500
De: Robert J. Hansen <...>
Responder-Para: Enigmail user discussion list <enigmail  mozdev.org>
Para: Enigmail user discussion list <enigmail  mozdev.org>

Just as an FYI to the list, there are some commonly-accepted norms of
mailing lists that are worth listening to.  I'm not a list admin, so
feel free to ignore me; this is just my own two cents to the list and
definitely not any kind of authoritative statement.

1.  Top Posting

A: Post your responses after the portion of the message to which
   you're replying.
Q: So what should we do?

A: First there's the question, then there's the response.  But
   when you top-post, first there's the response and then there's
   the question.
Q: What do you mean?

A: Because it reverses the order in which we read things.
Q: Why is top-posting a bad idea?

(If this makes no sense to you, try reading it backwards.)


2.  Excessive Quoting

The point of quoting is not to quote the _entire_ message, but only
enough to give context for your own reply.  If people need to inspect
the original message, it's there in the archives for everyone to see.
By trimming the amount of stuff you're quoting, you make it easier for
people to see precisely what you're responding to, and you reduce the
amount of extraneous text you have to read.


3.  Irrelevancies

Make sure that what you post is relevant and meaningful.  Posting a
bunch of shell output without any questions or remarks on what you're
doing, why you're doing it, etcetera, isn't that much different from
posting noise to the list.  If you're going to post something, please
provide enough information so that people can see what you need and
respond appropriately.


... I apologize in advance for taking it upon myself to act as
list-nanny, but I hope people will agree that these suggestions are
reasonable and useful.

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Cumps,

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Antonio Manuel Dias
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"mudem de rumo, já lá vem outro carreiro"
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