Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:48:44 -0400 From: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@blisses.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hello... Message-ID: <20180816014844.GB18637@blisses.org> In-Reply-To: <20180816014323.b6325a66.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <175f53e88fb5ebf26527882827080cd7@cannabis.fr.pl> <CAHieY7RcckjyMFARvsc2M9wD%2BAhphb4kcEjtVZPsN0TnQJvX%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> <20180815182210.GA23701@sh4-5.1blu.de> <CAHieY7SfrWi1yvg6CBTLxfP-p8eoOhDzv0PBDauV2X7TLDosvw@mail.gmail.com> <20180815185702.GA8882@sh4-5.1blu.de> <20180816014323.b6325a66.freebsd@edvax.de>
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--b5gNqxB1S1yM7hjW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 01:43:23AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > Remember: >=20 > Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > Top-posting. > What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? >=20 > And: >=20 > Yes. > Are you sure? > Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > Why is top posting frowned upon? I want to steal all of this now. Thank you. From my perspective, anything other than interleaved posting is = an abomination. Bottom posting containing pages of cruft is just as bad as top posting. If our tools make it hard to write email properly, we need better tools. Th= en again, maybe people need to have a better introduction to good tools. Maybe documentation is the answer. > http://www.idallen.com/topposting.html \o/ --=20 Mason Loring Bliss (( If I have not seen as far as others, it is because mason@blisses.org )) giants were standing on my shoulders. - Hal Abels= on --b5gNqxB1S1yM7hjW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIbBAEBCgAGBQJbdNf8AAoJEJ6yV3B27yVVgI8P9junI20bEPUpIw8/PsCTOB5l DEOJh26I2lVIJRIKvM008R+s//YbFtQMiZZk4cm+LAKzZLieKtLojfXLnCQhz1CE x7SMk5tjiiN4a9nDqLQTGn6EsFeXQggsdZKpDLggQUq6hPd4JTSqvSLzKyiQ/bK8 d/Zk27p3kSL6nV/hdok9u/mTLAPxa+VsqdQedXblDNVih2VOeRX6QgA+ztyD4TGv 4KbkXu9cBXWUaDQ20H1iEG3kR5rkRhhO3v1jxSrQgm9ReHS1axVSSVD/5ChgGBb/ mPqWVye0VnD6QyT66m/6MW0JXACJMGdRP3ZdgYC7bIaNim5pShz+M5QNdmoXYM4V aWtaY4vPk0Wqr3HTi6dnzj3JdOpMiVtsgcw1Cwezohp+6ww9UQob69O1AE9/j8d7 mHzy38b++GJ03W+ddd2jJqJ5uI7WKxzgASQmE7zzQM9S4YnADWTCG4s4UCjjBrw0 86wnb9JKOWML532khddILwelcfbtw6W3Kc0eyS0MEPx0rIAIRrezX3IsKYMmQ4AF GfZABW3OtwwBUtFSBkEI81ADpuLmaAe/StWgJX0x4mfrVMbPyjpP7z2Adg8h2gca bsUC4KF0SSw4VBiDIuk9KLUNZo5B0b3EVA6ZvILgFeAtl0oGqMQvoCmxG+WJV35Q bwHnB9J8TmO0CcAXz70= =GvmZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --b5gNqxB1S1yM7hjW--
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