Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:16:50 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD questions mailing list <FreeBSD@amadeus.demon.nl> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: topposting (was: colourization in ls command) Message-ID: <20041012224650.GG48218@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <F793D1F4-1C4B-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> References: <208449C5-1C32-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012100113.GB17178@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <3041E897-1C37-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012101328.GW45436@caffreys.strugglers.net> <D51A767A-1C3A-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012105731.GY45436@caffreys.strugglers.net> <2069400E-1C47-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012121220.GB45436@caffreys.strugglers.net> <F793D1F4-1C4B-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl>
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--Q6STzHxy03qt/hK9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 12 October 2004 at 14:40:58 +0200, somebody calling themselves FreeBSD questions mailing list wrote: > On 12 okt 2004, at 14:12, Andy Smith wrote: >> Off-list because this is likely to turn into a flame war... Looks like you sent it back to the list again. That's not good form either. >> On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 02:06:19PM +0200, FreeBSD questions mailing >> list wrote: >>>> Have a read of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting >>>> >>> it says you're old... >>> just joking :) >>> I find it quite irritating that i have to scroll down everytime I read >>> an email... >> >> In a properly-written email, useless quotes would be removed, so you >> wouldn't have to scroll down very far. > > I can live with that. > Writing in between the questions like we do here is accepted as well? That's the correct way to do it. >>> Is top posting a policy on the FBSD list? >> >> Top posting is generally frowned-upon. People who indulge in it are >> shown to be Microsoft Outlook users, because that is the default of >> Outlook. > > Mac OSX's Mail does the same thing... If moving the cursor is that difficult, you're probably using the wrong tool. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --Q6STzHxy03qt/hK9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBbF7aIubykFB6QiMRAt54AJ9lw/nrV2FSyFQKHKd7spJl6llg1ACggjp2 gzVO+Tz9OVlESLDFx+yw2NU= =gZb+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q6STzHxy03qt/hK9--
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