Re: sorry am new
Ross Marchant <ros...@NOexceltechSPAM.com.au> wrote: >Faux_Pseudo wrote: >> _.-In alt.ascii-art, Bateau wrote the following -._ >>> "RFC 1855 - Netiquette Guidelines?" There is no such thing as a "polite >>> manners RFC." It was also written EIGHT FREAKING YEARS after the real >>> usenet RFC you retconning bastard. >> >> I will be more than happy to continue this provided you can reply in >> the same cordial method I did. No reason for name calling. No reason >> to yell. Just a reasoned debate. So would you like to rephrase the >> above and try again? >> > >Is there an RFC for that? Do RFC's expire? > >The point you quoted is obviously outdated, from the RFC: > > "If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb > is no longer than 4 lines. Remember that many people pay for > connectivity by the minute, and the longer your message is, > the more they pay." > >People pay by the minute? Maybe 11 years ago when this was written. Now >days people pay by the gigabyte. Pictures as signatures are common on >web based forums. No-one should care about usenet posts with a signature >over 4 lines. Certainly most business emails use much longer signatures >than that, and often the email is in HTML! > >Quote RFC's all you like but remember it stands for Request For >Comments, and the comment it seems is no-one gives a rats arse. > >Following blindly without thinking is the antithesis of human progress. Some people love netcopping so much they try to enforce outdated "laws."
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