Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 16:55:10 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1022882110.76f30a@mired.org> To: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, rob <rob@pythonemproject.com>, "chat@freebsd.org" <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bottom-quoting (was Re: My friends were amazed at FreeBSD...) Message-ID: <15601.22974.163162.941094@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020526213146.A67586@energyhq.homeip.net> References: <20020524143036.C67484@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020524164101.P51722-100000@muheleja.eenet.ee> <20020524163603.L81843@lpt.ens.fr> <3CEECD6A.5E9BB6A6@pythonemproject.com> <20020525175149.A69827@lpt.ens.fr> <15601.2665.379231.456776@guru.mired.org> <20020526173949.GA230@lpt.ens.fr> <15601.10022.167754.574044@guru.mired.org> <20020526183504.GA472@lpt.ens.fr> <20020526213146.A67586@energyhq.homeip.net>
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In <20020526213146.A67586@energyhq.homeip.net>, Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> typed: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:35:04PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > You haven't said why it's wrong to bottom-quote (apart from the > > bandwidth issue). You claim that it's as "annoying" as top-quoting an > > entire post, which is strange, since if it's bottom-quoted you're not > > forced to look at it. > Both bottom-quote and top-quote are *horrible*. I find it very annoying > and common among OutLook users to send me an answer and my whole > original mail at the bottom. I think I know what I wrote :) Yup. People who don't edit the text at all are the worst sinners. Encouraging them to adopt a bad habit - top posting - instead of a good one - editing the quotes - is counterproductive. > This thread is now completely useless, but I like some trolling now and > then as much as the next guy :) This thread re-occurs at roughly three month intervals. Along with the "Why don't the lists set reply-to?" thread. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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