From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 17 07:39:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA13515 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 07:39:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.zilker.net (jump-x2-0075.jumpnet.com [207.8.61.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA13477 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 07:39:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marquard@zilker.net) Received: (from marquard@localhost) by localhost.zilker.net (8.8.8/8.8.3) id JAA12274; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:30:18 -0600 (CST) To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it just me, or are people forgetting how to write mail? References: <19980217165904.38126@freebie.lemis.com> From: Dave Marquardt Date: 17 Feb 1998 09:29:35 -0600 In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Tue, 17 Feb 1998 16:59:04 +1030" Message-ID: <85afbq45cw.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> Lines: 12 X-Mailer: Quassia Gnus v0.22/XEmacs 19.16 - "Lille" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey writes: > Am I just getting intolerant in my old age, or do other people see > this as a problem as well? Yes, it's a problem, and the only way to fix it is education. Unfortunately, we have some mail and news reader programs (read "Lotus Notes") that like to act exactly this way when replying, i.e. put the new text at the top and all of the old text below it, so lots of folks who are new to the net think it's normal. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message