[Zope] Sloppy postings [Was: Unanswered questions... ]

Svante Kleist Svante.Kleist" <Svante.Kleist@NEMESIS.se
Thu, 27 Apr 2000 14:00:32 +0200


	Very true!

	I routinely skip "sloppy" postings to mailing list,
	e.g. HTML/RTF, 200 characters long lines, CONSTANT SHOUTING,
	50 lines long paragraphs, etc. etc.

	Those things matter, guys.

	Svante Kleist / Stockholm

> One tip to get better response on this list though - there are a lot of
> Linux/UNIX users here, and for the most part a lot of them use Netscape
> Communicator to receive and send email.  For better or worse, your
> mailer doesn't insert newlines at a sane column in the messages you're
> sending to the list so everybody using communicator needs to scroll
> horizontally for each of your paragraphs.  Believe it or not, that can
> make a difference.  It's a pain and most folks here are pretty pressed
> for time.  Maybe try to set your mailer to insert newlines or use a
> different mailer.  I know it sounds stupid, but I bet some people didn't
> read your messages because it's sort of painful.