From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 47710 invoked by alias); 21 Jan 2020 09:03:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 47702 invoked by uid 89); 21 Jan 2020 09:03:48 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_NOVOWEL,HK_RANDOM_ENVFROM,HK_RANDOM_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.1 spammy=Reply, canada, Canada, guidelines X-HELO: mail-qk1-f170.google.com Received: from mail-qk1-f170.google.com (HELO mail-qk1-f170.google.com) (209.85.222.170) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:03:37 +0000 Received: by mail-qk1-f170.google.com with SMTP id k6so1965062qki.5 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2020 01:03:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HVqju9DcijbczawTigBH9sQYbyhYexsriiPvLyHLkg4=; b=ip7cDyAHJUzLde1KE2s6i73NSUag8scSfhQHnsOBUNGRRZB1VAku3xyBkBNP1AafCE q6Koh6nTe+d89nQofsma9+vGi7HOinFlhilUNDa/SMGbICcJ8UkSUo3sbiDEWQw2Gl+y 8DQ67yReo15v7XPPcW/Zv4hndNwEjdWPTFF7o8qgZv/frIFVprLLHT8GC5FY7jA/pgeq sH2/yg3kGxLW9yg2MTgtIlgKXjgyeq7zAjtOmdcR179Ml+UYRSSL2IUboM/Lkt/gMqSD mHe/4R3k5x0UB2y9aNJls+iO0sTIFOuq6jL6gu5z8PnKOVbzWUs4gXVhFhJh6CiMz6Xq 1jiw== MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5b4e8b66-49d5-8150-c884-96a2ce3ff84b@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: From: Doug Henderson Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:03:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Update to "Reporting Guidelines" on the cygwin site To: cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00186.txt.bz2 On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 at 23:52, David Finnie <> wrote: (snipped) > Being a fairly new member of this mailing list, I did carefully read the > guidelines about using the mailing list, but there was no mention of no (snipped) > Dave As a long time user of cygwin and this mailing list, and a Gmail user since it was an invitational-only beta product, I have developed a few habits that help me adhere to the message styles and forms used by many other posters on this mailing list. 1, I click Reply or Reply to All and trim the list of recipients to only the list address which shows as cygwin (cygwin@cygwin.com). Often I add my own address as a BCC, because the list manager will not echo my message. 2, I pop-out the reply so it in a separate browser window (or tab). (This makes it easier to switch back and forth between my reply and the original message.) 3, I change the message mode to Plain text mode. This eliminates the HTML part of the reply, which will get the message rejected. 4. I click the ellipsis to display the quoted message, and remove the pair of blank lines before the header for the quoted message. 5. I edit the header for the quoted message to remove the email address of the recipient (a courtesy to the author), and remove the author's signature lines but leave my own Gmail generated signature. At this point I am ready to complete my reply. Here, I could pass the buck, so to speak, to the many email guides on the internet. Since this message is mainly about Gmail, you can just visit https://www.google.com/search?q=3Demail+guides and go from there, But for another =C2=A2=C2=A2 you get this =E2=80=A6 In the cygwin mailing lists the reply often takes one of two forms. The simplest is full or partial quote and reply (like this one); the other is a point by point reply. In the simplest form, I may remove part of the original message, leaving enough to show the context of my message within the stream of messages from the original to the current message. Sometimes for clarity, I will add something like (snipped) or to indicate where I have remove some of the previous message. Then I add the main body of my reply between the remaining quoted text and my signature. The more complex form is an extension to the previous where I may insert responses to specific questions or subject matter on location in the original post. Again, if I remove OP's text, I try to leave enough of the original to provide context. And finally, a reminder that you can visit the Cygwin Project mailing list archives at https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/ to view messages you don't have available locally. HTH, Doug PS: Use a spell checker if you can, but more importantly, proof read (before you hit send), so you can fix typos and thinkos. --=20 Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple