Subj : Re: Problem with a KVM Switch
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Fri Jul 09 2004 10:11 am

The Beast enlightened us with:
> I am terribly sorry. It was not my intention to insult anyone.

Ok, fine enough.

> I naively thought that posting in more places would result in more
> responses.

Nope.

Another point: why did you quote my entire post? We needed to scroll
down just to read a few lines. If you want to get help, you have to
make sure the people wanting your help can give it, with the least
effort possible.

The best response type is "in-line" posting, that is, remove all the
quoted text that does not apply to your response, adding your comments
in context underneath as you go.

The distributed nature of Usenet is causing that not everyone sees all
posts in a particular thread in the right order or or even at all. If
you make sure you put your reply in a top-to-bottom order, people will
be able to easily read through it from top to bottom.

Be sure to remove all excess quoted text though. There is nothing more
annoying than having to scroll down three pages of quoted text you
already read, just to read a two-lined reply ;-)

A more complete guide to posting to Usenet can be found at
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

The relevant section on good posting form is here
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.3


Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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