Re: [GENERAL] Hijack!

am Tue, dem 11.12.2007, um 14:57:57 +0000 mailte Richard Huxton folgendes:
> Keith Turner wrote:
> >Someone scolding wrote:

I wrote this ;-)

> >
> >Please don't hijack other threads, the original thread was 'TIMESTAMP
> >difference'.
>
> I think it was probably intended as a *gentle* scolding. We try to be as

Yes, of course. It was not my intention to displease someone.

> polite as possible on the PG lists. Particularly important given their
> international nature of course.

I'd like this PG lists. I know, my english is very ugly because it isn't my native language. But PG is a really great Open Source Project and it has a really large and userfriendly communitity. And, of course, i can learn more about english and PG and i wish to help others if i can.

> It's one of those "common knowledge" things that are obvious to everyone
> who's done it once themselves. It's just part of the nature of how email
> works. Google around "mailing list etiquette" and you should see plenty
> of guidelines.

Right. There are other hints, for instance all about top-posting style.

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If i search the archive and read answers and i see (i read normally from top to bottom) first the answer and later the question, so this is hard to understand. The rules for mailing lists etiquette are useful and i wish, more people would follow this rules.

Andreas

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