Hi all,

It would be nice if people took the following steps when writing to the list:

1. Do not top-post. When you quote an earlier message, be sure to quote _only_ the relevant parts, and write your reply _below_ the quoted matter. Please do not just start your reply on top of a quoted message - such messages go on increasing size so that the actual information content goes down with every reply.

2. Use the standard lead-in "> " (greater-than and a space" to mark quoted text. Most email clients are designed to recognise this character sequence, making the messages more readable.

3. When someone posts simple questions like "permission denied, what do I do?" or "how do I uninstall foobar rpm?" I think its better if list members provide pointers to newbie documentation instead of spoon-feeding the answers.

Sameer.