Re: [Ekiga-list] Why the RFC 1855 hate? Was: webcam trouble

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 05/11/12 07:27, James Phillips wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 03, 2012 at 10:17:50AM +0100, Eugen Dedu wrote:
> <SNIP!>
> > PS Please do not remove lines from past e-mails when replying.
> >
> > --
> > Eugen
>
> According to RFC 1855 - Netiquette Guidelines
>
> In the section on group replies:
> 3.1.1 General Guidelines for mailing lists and NetNews
>
>        If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you
>        summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just
>        enough text of the original to give a context.  This will make
>        sure readers understand when they start to read your response.
>        Since NetNews, especially, is proliferated by distributing the
>        postings from one host to another, it is possible to see a
>        response to a message before seeing the original.  Giving context
>        helps everyone.  But do not include the entire original!
>
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html

Well, it would help me to know that the error was on Overlay missing, 
but in your e-mail that information was absent.  In fact, I did not 
remember what was the problem, I had to go to previous e-mails in Trash.

> Why are those guidelines now considered obsolete? Does your mail client
> not support threading?

Yes, but I work like this: when I process an e-mail, I remove it.  This 
allows me to have all "open" e-mails in the folder.

--
Eugen