[Imports] Migrating Imports RFC to Community Forum

[Mike Thompson]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 7:06 AM James Crawford <sherbets at disroot.org> wrote:

>
>  I had lots of trouble understanding the thread structure
>
How messages are formatted is almost completely up to the individual author
and the email client.  If you are replying to a message you are free to
retain, delete, or cut/paste/rearrange the content of the original
message.  The list serve software simply forwards your message to all who
have subscribed, provided you have subscribed as well (depending on the
settings for the specific list) and have not been blocked.  Your email
client may, or may not, group messages with similar subjects together, that
really does not have much to do with the list server.


> and the replying to list stuff.
>
In regards to replying, the list address is just like any other recipient.
 It is safest to just "reply all."

And messages like the one William sent following this one also were
> confusing, where your whole message was copied at the bottom of the page,
> and then cited separately in his message.
>
That is the result of how he and his email client choose to format the
message.  My understanding is that the prefered way is to only reply
inline, and delete those parts of the message to which you are not
specifically responding.   However, if you do it differently, most people
will still get your point.


> See William's message :)
>
Thanks William, I will respond later.


This is one of a few different things I'm working on to crack down on
> imports that don't follow the guidelines.
>
Good luck.   I think too many people have the attitude that they are going
to do "whatever they want", including discussing their import on a
non-official channel - if it is discussed at all.

Mike
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