Author: diego Date: Mon Jul 30 11:08:27 2007 New Revision: 2990 Log: Explain top-posting and thread hijacking with informative links. Modified: trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en Modified: trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en ============================================================================== --- trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en (original) +++ trunk/src/mailing_lists.src.en Mon Jul 30 11:08:27 2007 @@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ For a complete refresher please read <a href="http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/edit.html">HOWTO Edit Messages</a> or <a href="http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html">How do I quote correctly in Usenet?</a>. - As a guideline, remember that HTML mail, top-posting and posting - unrelated messages as replies to existing threads are forbidden. + As a guideline, remember that HTML mail, + <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style">top-posting</a> and + <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_hijacking">thread hijacking</a> + (posting unrelated messages as replies to existing threads) are forbidden. Playing by the rules makes the life of those who read your mails a lot easier and significantly increases your chances of getting an answer. </p>