linux-kernel - Re: Mailing List Etiquette

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Message-ID: <20090821072607.GA26983@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Date:	Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:26:07 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Mailing List Etiquette


> This message is sent to this mailing list once a week.
> 

Could we maybe reduce the frequency of this spam a little bit?

>              1. Subscription requirements. [[24]rmk]
>                 Recently, we have had to impose a restriction on the mailing lists.
>                 You must be subscribed to the mailing list in order to post
>                 messages to that mailing list. This is because of the UK Data
>                 Protection laws. Only subscribe to these lists if you accept the
>                 legal notice displayed on the relevant pages; by subscribing, you
>                 accept the terms laid out in the legal notice. Answers will be
>                 copied to you.

WTF? Did not we just have huge flamewar explaining this is untrue?

>              6. Email attachments. [[36]rmk]
>                 Please ensure that all attachments are plain text. There is a limit
>                 of around 40KiB on the overall size of the message, so if you want
>                 to send a large attachment, please upload it to a
>              web site

I thought limit was recently raised?

>              10. Cross-posting between linux-arm* lists and other lists. [[40]rmk]
>                 Please do not do this. Subscribers on other lists may not be
>                 subscribed to the linux-arm lists, so when they try to reply to
>                 such a message, they will receive a bounce. This is deemed by
>                 others to be rude behaviour on the part of the person who
>                 originally cross-posted.

Again, in recent flamewar you claimed crossposting is
okay.
										Pavel
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