1. It shows how discussion on a topic that is very germane to the
charter of telusa could wind up producing one that clearly is not.
2. At this point of divergence from the original topic of discussion,
the mail should go to (in this case) to sanka-Ram directly, and
not to the whole group.
Thanks to palana for unintentionally providing an opportunity to
illustrate these pitfalls, which we all come across, and walk into.
Over the past week or so, I have come across several technical
violations in postings.
1. Over use of quoting the prior post. There were some which quoted
the entire prior post, with a concluding remark such as
that was great / I agree with that / ..... (a one liner)
again, something like this could go to that one person. If the entire
group needs to be aware of this "agreement", it perhaps could wait,
and combined with another (slightly longer) post.
2. Using the "reply all" option (or whatever is the equivalent of that
in your local mail programme) in replying to something originally
posted to the TELUSA-SCIT alliance. And thereby creating an Error
Message Notification.
If you are replying to such a post, PLEASE look at the header before
finally hitting the "send" button. Check that your reply is not going
to both TELUSA, and "TELUSA-SCIT". If it shows "will also post to SCIT"
or words to that effect, it NEED NOT GO also to TELUSA separately.
Delete one of these redundant, superfluous, extra addresses.
3. Double and triple attributions. While this is a violation of no
specified rule, it makes it very difficult to see who is saying what.
In general, please avoid point-by-point replies, with alternating
paragraphs of quotes, and your own comments. This is an example of
what Vemuri referred to in his welcoming message.
To me, it looks like a street argument, than a clear exposition of
ones views. perhaps this is an inevitable result when replies are
fired off immediately, throwing more heat than light.
An advice. Worth every penny of what you are paying for it. Loooong
posts suffer the fate of not being read in their entirety, at the best,
and completely ignored at the worst. At the least, provide an
abstract at the outset. (idi phalAnA vAriki vartistundani anatam lEdu)
Ramakrishna