From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 8 00:16:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40A916A4DA for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 00:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5CEE43D79 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 00:16:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeff.rollin@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i27so420155wxd for ; Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:16:49 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=EVrcZJX/8aTJ+1HsnKfz6pNkYN3iiWcPBD8pgN3a6fhwaAVo5fBAn964DkG6TukHZB0s1FZONHdkSeM4jd5s2S3zQWKvGK0la5nWyj76+PqWjNC9KWNNkjbBPYhxKw//CU3qhG6FCLFjam97/bbtwo3UFCsYvY2YT5rJ73Wfxqk= Received: by 10.90.51.17 with SMTP id y17mr498786agy; Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:16:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.98.12 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 17:16:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8a0028260609071716r6506e7fcpaccb5dca0cd0dddf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 01:16:48 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" To: "Chuck Swiger" In-Reply-To: <571C4CB6-B571-41A8-93CD-91218B81D02E@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8E33A9EC-0BC3-4F51-9481-A1388B24583B@mac.com> <20060907062810.88CE.GERARD@seibercom.net> <15BD1FC1-101A-4965-8F2B-147BE2C944EE@mac.com> <571C4CB6-B571-41A8-93CD-91218B81D02E@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: g , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:16:53 -0000 On 08/09/06, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > On Sep 7, 2006, at 4:58 PM, g wrote: > > i'm sorry what is top posting? > > Compare: > > A: Putting the reply above the question. > Q: What is top posting? > > ...to: > > Q: What is the preferred way to exchange email on the FreeBSD lists? > A: Quote what you reply to [1], then put your response or answer > afterwards. > > :-) > > > if it is offensive, i certainly don't mean to do it. > > No harm done. > It's just much easier to follow conversations on the mailing list > when people do not top-post. > > -- > -Chuck > > [1]: And if there is a lot of content, trim all but a relevant > paragraph or two, > rather than quoting hundreds of lines in order to add a one-line > statement. Perhaps attempts should also be made to point out to new users that the people who answer FreeBSD lists (not that I'm singling out FreeBSD) answer questions and make suggestions without ceremony; and that though this practice may come off as "rudeness", it's often (hopefully never) meant that way. Jeff Rollin. -- Proud Linux user since 1998