From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 1 13:24:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (dav63.law15.hotmail.com [64.4.22.198]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6D0337B408 for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 13:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 13:24:26 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [209.144.200.72] From: To: References: <000201c132e8$2b248660$0969a7cb@8189779819> Subject: Re: Top posting on replies Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 13:24:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Sep 2001 20:24:26.0757 (UTC) FILETIME=[18987B50:01C13324] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ha Ha, OK, maybe I won't post like this if bugs the whiners that much. This isn't the hill I will die on. Thanks for your input. Doug. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Golding" To: Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 12:23 PM Subject: Re: This isn't posible is it? > In message , want_2_learn_freeb > sd@hotmail.com writes > >PS: to Alson, I must disagree with you, I find it much easier to read like > >how I post. If I start in on a thread late, I just read the post with the > >most ">". I also like the spoiling nature of this way--tells me if I want > >to read further. > > okay, I don't Netcop very often but since you were given wrong > information I'll mention this. > > You're correct in saying that sometimes top posting is easier to read, > especially when people don't trim at all, but that's only part of the > reason you shouldn't do it. The fact is FreeBSD-Questions is somewhere > that netiquette says don't do it, there are lots of people on each side > of the argument for very good reasons, but when push comes to shove top > posting is considered inappropriate here. Keep top posting if you want, > it really doesn't bother me if you structure your posts well. Something > to remember though, some people will object, and some of them won't read > you any more, these can be very helpful people. Btw, if you want to > know why you're getting told this a lot check the archives for a couple > of weeks ago, it all blew up again and everyone agreed that officially > you shouldn't do it but that's not going to stop anyone so there's no > point getting stressed about it. > > Kevin > -- > Live and let love > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message