From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 19 14:23:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6FC816A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:23:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.mcmanis.com (www.mcmanis.com [66.125.189.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BB6743D1F for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:23:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cmcmanis@mcmanis.com) Received: (qmail 13412 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2004 22:33:39 -0000 Received: from nat-198-95-226-231.netapp.com (HELO ddp.hq.netapp.com) (198.95.226.231) by www.mcmanis.com with SMTP; 19 Mar 2004 22:33:39 -0000 From: Charles McManis To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Louis LeBlanc Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:28:24 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20040319172130.GB2044@cs025_2k> <20040319174618.GH64130@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <20040319174618.GH64130@keyslapper.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200403191428.24150.cmcmanis@mcmanis.com> Subject: Re: Top posting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:23:46 -0000 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