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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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I think intentionally leaving the original posters address is rude,
I only need one copy to be able to reply and intentionally leaving a non-list 
address to expedite help is tantamount to proclaiming "my problems are more 
important than anyone elses".
Obviously using a poor mail client without a reply-to-list facility can 
occasionally lead to duplicates, this is understandable, I do expect the user 
to make some effort in this case though.
I also think mail clients that "break" threads are bad, it corrupts the 
usefulness of the archives and often leads to miscommunication.
A poster should also have done a modicum of investigation before asking for 
help. No one person's time is more valuable than anothers, and expecting 
*immediate* *hassle-free* online help without even having done a preliminary 
websearch or look at the manual, I think, is an abuse of our community. (You 
probably all already know how I feel about lkthomas)
Having said this I believe people do develop credit too. I might be more 
inclined to help someone if they have previously been helpful themselves or 
if they have already proven they are not lazy and have tried to help 
themselves first. THis is just a normal human reaction though, it is not 
something we could quantify in any etiquette guideline.
So in short I would love to see a guide to SMGL mail list and IRC etiquette.
Hamish
ps I do realise this is a broken branch of another thread :)
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