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Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:17:19 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <171506d5-19aa-359e-c21d-f07257c52ebd@freenetMail.de> <62d10000-e068-922e-23bd-f7a61e7a4e89@anatoli.ws> <6a4f6a15-ec43-03f6-1a41-a109e445f026@anatoli.ws> <00225a04-237d-9051-9aea-12c192106a20@anatoli.ws> <373EDB20-C750-42E2-A41B-EA61F6E49807@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20200609120136.00005b3c@seibercom.net> <2393a1e0-b073-950a-78be-9f57d8e9934b@anatoli.ws> <20200610063555.00003707@seibercom.net> <82F57D0D-E0EC-49F7-824E-20A296C9F549@kicp.uchicago.edu> <250b853a-b436-0e99-b05c-9abd6b6019ef@panix.com> <20200610163245.00000445@seibercom.net> <2ec5927b-26c6-e691-0081-ca72d2c84179@boxsci.com> <20200611141038.0a068ec2@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:17:05 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd To: Michael Schuster Cc: freeBSD Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49jSC5587Gz3bLk X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=AZ7/ElxX; 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TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.33 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 15:17:24 -0000 On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:14 AM Michael Schuster wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 17:02 Aryeh Friedman > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:49 AM Michael Schuster < >> michaelsprivate@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 15:21 Aryeh Friedman >>> wrote: >>> >>> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 9:11 AM RW via freebsd-questions < >>> > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> > >>> > > You can use gmail with a separate email client if you like. The >>> > > servers support pop/imap/smtp. >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > Case in point I use gmail not because of its ease of use per se (even >>> > though it is better then most standalone MUA's) I use it because it is >>> an >>> > off-site backup of years worth of correspondence that is too valuable >>> to >>> > worry about losing in a hardware failure. >>> > >>> >>> You can configure most email clients to leave messages on the server... >>> >> >> Why make a system with many moving parts one I can make one just as good >> with one moving part? I think in some areas this would be called >> complicating the crap out of an ant hill. I really think most people if >> given the option (and equal functionality) would go for the fewest moving >> parts (given Murphy that is). For what I need and want gmail has all the >> functionality I want so why add complexity when none is needed? >> > > If it works for you, that's fine. For others, something else may work > better. I don't believe this is a "one size fits all" situation. > So if you (again the royal you not you personally) don't believe in size fits all then why all this fuss about top posting? Shouldn't we allow people to communicate in the style/format they find most comfortable without judgement? -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org