Goodbye to the list

[Elton Woo]

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I am un-subscribing from the list. My main purpose in being a member is
to _learn_ from the many more skilled members here. Alas, the sheer
VOLUME of the list is too much. Even in digest mode. And I haven't
(or maybe I *should have) taken a speed-reading course.

This does not mean I am dumping Red Hat linux or Fedora, and I would
be most happy to continue contact with my many friends here (off-list),
the Red Hat guys, and old friends whom I have "re-found" (other "refugees"
from the OS/2 world).

Though there are others willing to do so, I don't have the fortitude to keep
"butting heads" with those who adamantly and selfishly _refuse_ to observe
the basics of good electronic communications _as applies to a public mailing
list_.

To wit:
1) Editing posts, when replying
2) Bottom posting, so that _others_ new to the list, or those researching
information, can LOGICALLY follow the topic.
3) Posting in plain text, rather than HTML
4) Not changing the subject line appropriately, or distorting the topic
within a thread. (In effect, mixing apples with chopped liver ... oy vey
es Mir!!!)
5) Including their (and others') large signatures with messages
6) Sending attachments with their postings
~ ... etc., etc...

I won't bother to quote RFC 1855 (Netiquette Guidelines) since I'm told
that this is over 10 years old. ... as common courtesy and social etiquette
is several hundred years old ... I can see the "logic" of dumping them.

After all, "please", "thank you", "excuse me" are passé, n'est pas?
... as are giving up the front seats of the bus to elderly or handicapped
passengers ... as is spitting anywhere and everywhere one pleases...
<*SIGH*>.

To those members of this list who still have the "audacity" to speak up
about these matters ... I say a heartfelt "GOOD LUCK".


sincerely and respectfully,

Elton Woo.

P.S. FWIW, and IMVHO, the PGP signature is not counted as part of
my default signature, so (I think) one counts the number of lines of
each _individually_ and not one single signature.   :-)

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