[Mageia-discuss] Re : Mageia-discuss Digest, Vol 1, Issue 58

[Marc Paré]

>> This is because someone is receiving mailing list in "digest" chunks
>> once a day, instead of all emails as they arrive. And they answered
>> that digest. Nobody is trying to fork the thread,
>>
>> It is a "feature" of mailing lists.
>
> Yes, but it is a not a feature using digests and answering with a one
> liner, citing the complete thread underneath! While top posting seems
> to be a much used no-no in the lists anyway, as you may have noticed
> as well :(
> Especially in such crowded lists and threads we should use the proper
> way with mails, I may say (no top posting, no citing other than what
> you referring to, etc.). But I remember someone else writing that
> already in this list at the beginning...
>
> wobo.

As with most mailing lists/discussion groups, the message re: bottom/top 
posting and citing only what is being answered and not all the message, 
should be repeated on a regular basis to users. There is a constant flux 
of people appearing on the list and some are new to this process. Some 
users are not first-language English speakers as well and may have a 
problem interpreting these directions.

Marc