[NCLUG] Re: firewall nic config

[Stephen Queen]

Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 11:46:08AM -0600, William Dan Terry wrote:
> > > From: Matthew Wilcox <willy at debian.org>
> > > Could you word-wrap please?  It makes your text easier to read.
> >
> > I always thought that word wrap was the responsibility of the receiving end, thus allowing the reader to optimize it for his viewer. Email doesn't have a prescribed width that I'm aware of, making the transmission of information a separate issue from the display of information. Forcing \n every so many characters just means that a wider viewer loses the benefit of width and still has to scroll just as much. I've been working under this premise for 17 years. Am I missing something?
>
> Yes, basic netiquette?  A quick google search digs up
> http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/0963702513p61.html
> or http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html
>
> While you have your web browser fired up, take a look at
> http://nclug.org/pipermail/nclug/2002-April/003482.html
> to see another reason why you should linewrap at a reasonable length.
>

A lot of good info. I've broken about half the rules today alone. I know I've seen all this stuff before, but it was worth a quick review because I'd forgotten about 75% to 85% of it. I'll try to shape up and go along with being a good net citzen.

Thanks,
Steve Queen