Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:13:22 -0600 From: "WolfRyder" <wolfryder@qwest.net> To: "Kevin Golding" <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Top posting Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030227165715.00b10280@pop.omah.uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <qNp%2Bw3B7khX%2BEws%2B@caomhin.demon.co.uk> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030227063629.00b24270@pop.omah.uswest.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20030226165246.00a8c770@pop.omah.uswest.net> <NKCIBJDOKLMIHBAA@whowhere.com> <NKCIBJDOKLMIHBAA@whowhere.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030226165246.00a8c770@pop.omah.uswest.net> <20030227005226.GC88122@wantadilla.lemis.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030227063629.00b24270@pop.omah.uswest.net>
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At 01:57 PM 2/27/03 +0000, Kevin Golding wrote: > >For reference I keep the original post. What's one email as opposed to a > >bazillion? > >Unfortunately when dealing with high volumes that's not always >practical. I still have a lot of mail kept around for reference and >sometimes sorting through it can be a huge pain. Also given that this >is a mailing list there can be problems with propagation, see my quote >below. Yes, sorting email is a pain. Sometimes the volume gets so overwhelming my delete key goes crazy. If it's something I'll make reference to later, though, I'll dump it into it's own directory. Yeah, that's the librarian in me...sort and put have a whole different meaning to me in some contexts ;-) >Back in October 1995 RFC1855, AKA FYI28, appeared. RFCs are pretty >authoritative and about the closest thing the Internet has to >regulations. I came on-line about that time, not in the news threads but on IRC, then email. I missed that whole "threaded" thing and the above mentioned document wasn't required reading in my graduate program (though looking at it, it should have been.) >In terms of top/bottom posting I couldn't find an explicit comment, but >with a quick scan but I did find this one: >------snip > >Given that traditionally people interwove their replies it's pretty easy >to see the point though. It also mentions the propagation issue I >mentioned above. Maybe it's just that my interpretation fits in with my >view of the world. If you want to read the full document then a copy >can be found at <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/fyi/fyi28.html>; This doc is _Very_ good! Thank you for the link! >It's true that most managers etc. don't read RFCs and they've started >doing things their way, It's not only managers. Anyone with an email address may think they know best how to form emails. I have a coworker who continually sends emails with all caps in the subject line. After 6+months of telling her she's shouting at me, I gave up and told her from now on I will delete any email from her where she shouts (and I have). > but even if you top post everywhere else it's >probably fair to say that a group full of people who've been online >longer than most people have been using computers will be a little more >traditional. You don't have to post like everyone else but you'll fit >in a lot more if you do. I don't really care about "fitting in", only about being understood. Thanks Kevin. I'll take to heart what we've discussed and do my best to not respond to any email unless I have sufficient time to edit the text :-) >Kevin >-- >kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk Carol wolfryder@qwest.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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