From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 18:28:10 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 C659416A4CE for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:28:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1528143D2F for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 18:28:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.strauser.com (pooh.honeypot.net [10.0.5.128]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2M2S7Zv098644 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:28:08 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <405E3940.3080706@one-arm.com> <20040322012344.GB52612@wantadilla.lemis.com> From: Kirk Strauser Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:27:57 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20040322012344.GB52612@wantadilla.lemis.com> (Greg Lehey's message of "Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:53:45 +1030") Message-ID: <877jxd1uqa.fsf@strauser.com> Lines: 24 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' 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: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:28:10 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2004-03-22T01:23:45Z, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" writes: >> DO Unix mail clients have some option to config them to top post? > No. Kmail, for one, offers that as an option. I started doing that at work after my boss explained that interleaved-trimmed posting is difficult to read. I think the main difference between top- and interleaved-posting is one of latency. In an office environment, when you're replying within 2 minutes of receipt of a typically short message, top posting is reasonable. On Usenet and mailing lists, where you see large, complex questions that get discussed over the span of days and weeks, interleaved posting is the only format that remotely makes sense. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser "94 outdated ports on the box, 94 outdated ports. Portupgrade one, an hour 'til done, 82 outdated ports on the box." --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAXk8v5sRg+Y0CpvERAkyTAJsFjTpkjpL4Jjvvg8WrXHbRZvRTZQCfb0eD 8v2arLj+2j4t7pjRQbrll2I= =j6bZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--