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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">Hi, Bill:</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">0) Thanks for
bringing up the NANOG posting guideline. We now have something
tangible to discuss.</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">1) Section 6. looks
most relevant. So, I copy and paste it below for our discussion:</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"> A. 6.1.1. "... </font><font
size="4"><font size="4">> relevant excerpt 1 response to
excerpt 1 ...</font> ": This seems to be what I have
been doing, except maybe how to interpret the keyword "excerpt".
Perhaps you are expecting me to cite more text from the message
that I am responding to, such as a complete paragraph, instead
of only a short phrase or two? If so, I certainly will be glad
to do so.</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"> B. On the other
hand, the leading sentence "When posting to the NANOG list
please avoid:
Top-posting, i.e., putting your reply right on top of the
message you're responding to, ... " seems to discourage
threading the messages (</font><font size="4"><font size="4">keeping
a long tail of the earlier texts)?</font></font></div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"> Perhaps there is
some kind of optimal trade-off between how much each of these
two should be included in a message?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">2) The two URLs are
kind of odd:</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"> A. The first URL
led me to a blank webpage.</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"> B. The second URL
led me to a list of Q&A's that seem to be more humorous than
instructive. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4"><strong>6. Posting
Conventions</strong></font>
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<li><font size="4"><strong>Format</strong>
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When posting to the NANOG list please avoid: <br>
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<li><font size="4">Top-posting, i.e., putting your reply
right on top of the message you're responding to, rather
than quoting and responding as follows: > relevant
excerpt 1<br>
response to excerpt<br>
> relevant excerpt 2<br>
response to excerpt<br>
> relevant excerpt 3<br>
response to excerpt
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<li><font size="4">Using non-standard methods of quoting
prior text;</font></li>
<li><font size="4">Failing to quote, or to snip, as
appropriate;</font></li>
<li><font size="4">Sending in HTML or other non-standard
attachment formats;</font></li>
<li><font size="4">Starting or participating in flame wars.
</font></li>
</ol>
<font size="4">The linux-kernel mailing list FAQ provides
detailed instructions for<strong> quoting prior text</strong>:<br>
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<blockquote><font size="4"><a
href="http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s3-9" target="_blank"
rel=" noopener noreferrer" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s3-9</a></font></blockquote>
<font size="4"><br>
"Dear Emily Postnews" at <a
href="http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html"
target="_blank" rel=" noopener noreferrer"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html</a> makes
lots of good suggestions about <strong>signatures</strong> and
other items of interest. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">Please review and
advise.</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">Regards,</font></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font size="4">Abe (2022-04-06 17:31)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2022-04-06 11:33, William Nelson
wrote:<br>
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I am still learning the proper eMail etiquette on NANOG. Could you please echo back some of my writings as you received? So that I can see what they got transformed to.
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There is no transforming of your formatting after you send it. It's frustrating in the format you typed it in.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://archive.nanog.org/list/faq#posting">https://archive.nanog.org/list/faq#posting</a>
-bn.
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