Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:28:24 -0800 From: Charles McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> Subject: Re: Top posting Message-ID: <200403191428.24150.cmcmanis@mcmanis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040319174618.GH64130@keyslapper.org> References: <20040319172130.GB2044@cs025_2k> <20040319174618.GH64130@keyslapper.org>
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Perhaps it isn't "logical", if you've read all the email then the quoted thread is just reference anyway. This is the "new stuff". I love being able to read mail in the preview-pane vs "next message" , jump to the bottom, "next message" jump to the bottom. It comes down to opinion I think --Chuck On Friday 19 March 2004 09:46, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > On 03/19/04 09:21 AM, Joshua Lokken sat at the `puter and typed: > > http://www.google.com/search?q=rfc+top+posting&sourceid=mozilla-search&st > >art=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 > > > > > > > > Wow, almost every single reply to the list today was top posted. > > People, please know (and you must, you have to read them, too) > > that posting replies to the top of an email is, well, counter- > > intuitive, hard to follow, and goes against the general grain of > > RFC 1855. Please, it has been requested from many users of this > > list, do not top post replies, but don't stop sending them ;) > > Yes, it has been requested from many users, and quite a few have flat > out refused to follow this logical norm. Others simply follow the > precedent set in any given thread, and some few will go so far as to > delete the trailing messages and try to herd an already errant thread > in the right direction. For my part, my reply behavior depends on the > audience. One would think that a company with so many geeks (from > developers to SW architects) would tend to do this right, but not so. > > Bottom line, don't hold your breath. Unfortunately, many mail clients > don't show the replied email during reply composition but place it > below the response, and most default to replying at the top anyway. > Most users just don't bother to correct it when the option is there. > > I feel your pain dude. > > Lou
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