Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 09:04:10 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe B <jb1277976@gmail.com> Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Posting Style Message-ID: <20221106220410.GG76663@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20221106222404.ew2xhposne7aesvw@freebsd> References: <20221106222404.ew2xhposne7aesvw@freebsd>
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--rV8arf8D5Dod9UkK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday, 6 November 2022 at 14:24:04 -0800, Joe B wrote: > What is recommended here on the mailing list? > > Bottom posting or topo posting? Neither. For want of a better term, "interleaved posting". But the terms don't really help. You'll find the recommendations at https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/freebsd-questions/ , specifically: Include relevant text from the original message. Trim it to the minimum, but do not overdo it. It should still be possible for somebody who did not read the original message to understand what you are talking about. Use some technique to identify which text came from the original message, and which text you add. I personally find that prepending =E2=80=9C>=E2=80=9D to the original message works best. Leaving white spa= ce after the =E2=80=9C> ;=E2=80=9D and leave empty lines between your text and the= original text both make the result more readable. Put your response in the correct place (after the text to which it replies). It is very difficult to read a thread of responses where each reply comes before the text to which it replies. Most mailers change the subject line on a reply by prepending a text such as "Re: ". If your mailer does not do it automatically, you should do it manually. If the submitter did not abide by format conventions (lines too long, inappropriate subject line) please fix it. In the case of an incorrect subject line (such as "HELP!!??"), change the subject line to (say) "Re: Difficulties with sync PPP (was: HELP!!??)". That way other people trying to follow the thread will have less difficulty following it. In such cases, it is appropriate to say what you did and why you did it, but try not to be rude. If you find you can not answer without being rude, do not answer. If you just want to reply to a message because of its bad format, just reply to the submitter, not to the list. You can just send him this message in reply, if you like. In summary, place the response below the text to which it refers, and remove irrelevant text. > Sometimes i get email on my phone (Mail app iPhone) and i wait to go > home to reply since i use neomutt on my BSD laptop so i can bottom > post, Yes, phones don't make for good text composition. 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 Sent from my desktop computer. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php --rV8arf8D5Dod9UkK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAmNoL1oACgkQIubykFB6QiP4owCeId4hXGj9/9uox4fVXkScva9x dGYAn2l1/YMwPt0CZeNxfPsLKdx3CIb4 =+ki9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rV8arf8D5Dod9UkK--
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