Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:02:53 -0800 From: Michael <bsdquestions@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail etiquette Message-ID: <45B2F3FD.4000705@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45B2F25A.4030302@gmail.com> References: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F1267327@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal> <20070118231254.GA5405@wantadilla.lemis.com> <39ed86f90701181524x3c21c9f7sce09907f72a3f9c1@mail.gmail.com> <45B2F25A.4030302@gmail.com>
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Michael wrote: > Greg Albrecht wrote: >> On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> > Top-posting defined simply ... >>> > >>> > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. >>> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >>> > A: Top-posting. >>> > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? >>> >>> > Unfortunately all Micro$lop 'standard' email clients and a few >>> > others put the cursor at the top of the email, so the bad habit has >>> > developed across the world both domestically and in businesses, to >>> > write there, rather than continuing the email thread at the bottom. >>> >>> "Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are >>> trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and >>> not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of >>> things that people should remove from replies. >> >> i've been wanting to chime in on this. perhaps it should be taken into >> consideration that a good number of MODERN email clients support >> automatic threading of messages. this allows me to see each reply to a >> message after the original message, in succession. i understand that >> different people configure and use their email clients in different >> ways, but why is there such a pandering towards one versus the other. >> my email software (gmail right now but has been mutt and thunderbird >> in the past) makes it really easy for me to get the context of a >> message as soon as it arrives. perhaps it's time for the rest of the >> world to step up and add auto-threading to their mta's? >> >> just my $0.02. >> >> -g >> >> ps: there's no need to reiterate how 'hard' it is for you to have to >> 'scroll down' to read the original message in a reply, how is that any >> different than me having to scroll down to read your reply? >> > I couldn't agree more Greg A. > > I think it is time for most mta's step up and standardize a bit, but I > also think people complain a little to much about top/bottom posting > issue. > Personally if the email app I'm using decides to place my cursor at > the bottom/top, then that's where I start typing. The order in which > a conversation takes place, rarely has little to do with the content > of the thread. > > No offense to the 'groggy' one..... just my 2 cents is all. > > BTW, 'groggy' one, I love your books bro! > > Take care all, > > Michael > Speaking of etiquette, sorry about the 'reply all' on my last post. Pretty pathetic considering the subject matter. LOL! Cya, Michael
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