From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 22 20:16:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49C351065672 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:16:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dgl@dlee.org) Received: from mail.ff44a.com (mail.ff44a.com [64.127.120.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27FA68FC17 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:16:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dgl@dlee.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ff44a.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C07B7E4002; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:49:17 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.018 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.018 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[AWL=-0.397, BAYES_00=-2.599, FH_HOST_EQ_VERIZON_P=0.001, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL=0.877, RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.1] Received: from mail.ff44a.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.ff44a.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FyWN6PEak0kB; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:49:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mini.local (pool-71-178-101-154.washdc.east.verizon.net [71.178.101.154]) by mail.ff44a.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F02317E4001; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:49:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:52:34 -0500 From: Doug Lee To: Ian Smith Message-ID: <20090222195234.GA40572@mini.local> Mail-Followup-To: Doug Lee , Ian Smith , Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090219005944.8E9311065689@hub.freebsd.org> <20090219143053.J46613@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20090219074726.Y42686@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090219184857.I46613@sola.nimnet.asn.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090219184857.I46613@sola.nimnet.asn.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow] 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: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:16:43 -0000 On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 06:50:04PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Kailash Kailash wrote: > > > > > > Woj, I'm really surprised that you, of all people, seem lately to have > > > been converted to the Micro$oft Outlock-trained style of top-posting, > > > including tail-quoting all sorts irrelevant and repeated trailers etc, > > > after years of your (almost too- :) concise postings. > > > > well, sorry, but i don't use M$ Outlock > > That's more like it! :) I don't either, but I will provide a different data point: Blind listers, myself included, must generally read through posts sequentially, as it is usually trickier to skip reliably through quotes to the new material when using synthesized speech to read an email. We therefore favor top posting as a rule, though some of us try to adhere to a particular list's preferences. :-) For my part, I got way tired of sifting through masses of quotes and requotes and finally threw a little Perl script in as a Mutt display filter: Anyone who uses ">" to quote lines is now my friend because my filter removes those, and I only see them on demand by opening the body of the message from Mutt's attachment list. Those who use other quoting techniques still cause me some anguish. :) So in summary, I hope people quote consistently, and I'll post at whichever end seems most popular per list. At least when I remember to do so... -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group doug.lee@ssbbartgroup.com http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "When your best-laid plans have turned to dust, vacuum!" - Whoopi Goldberg