Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:03:09 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Sean O'Neill <sean@seanoneill.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid but I don't know what this is - top-posting ??? Message-ID: <20020327150309.A50633@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020327133848.00a5a560@postoffice.swbell.net>; from sean@seanoneill.info on Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 01:42:35PM -0600 References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020327133848.00a5a560@postoffice.swbell.net>
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 01:42:35PM -0600, Sean O'Neill wrote: > I recently responded to a reply to one of my questions accidentally to just > the replier. He ask me not to "top-post". I saw another email just now > with that same request of someone. We're finally trying to do away with that here? Good! > > Please excuse my ignorance but what is top-posting ? Top-posting is putting an entire reply to an e-mail at the top of the message, rather than keeping replies with their context, such as I'm doing here. > I've read what I > think is a currently guidelines for posting questions to freebsd-questions > at http://www.lemis.com/questions.html but it doesn't explicitly say what > top-posting is. > > I assume it has something to do with only replying to a specific individual > and not including the freebsd-questions group ? It includes all replies in e-mail and on Usenet. It's considered bad manners and a sign of laziness among Internet veterans, as it's unnatural to read replies in the manner top-posting presents them in. > > Sean O'Neill > mike -- ___________________________________________________________ "WE ARE IN THE BAYOU!" - Pokey the Penguin from "POKEY IN THE BAYOU" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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