From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 04:11:52 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5D1016A420 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: from bee.hiwaay.net (bee.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B91713C46A for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: from [10.0.0.183] ([216.186.148.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by bee.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAO3w71M1498430 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:58:08 -0600 (CST) From: David Kelly To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <7FA9B777A6FFF4225817FE48@[172.16.1.36]> References: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F06468CE8@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> <7FA9B777A6FFF4225817FE48@[172.16.1.36]> Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:58:07 -0600 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: Paul Schmehl Subject: Re: top posting (off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:11:52 -0000 On Nov 22, 2007, at 9:10 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > Understood from that perspective, perhaps you can see why people > might dislike top posting. When asking a favor of another, a wise man would not offend his potential helper. Many here (and elsewhere) will not reply to a top- poster. You want some of my time then you had better take the minimal effort to phrase and format your communication. Less effort, actually. A trimmed insert-reply is not only a more accurate communication, but faster to create, as well as faster to read and comprehend. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.