Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 13:34:11 -0700 From: Walter Parker <walterp@gmail.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Posting netiquette: HTML, attachments etc. Message-ID: <CAMPTd_D8eXe02XfdUsxyHhFFzQp_8UWaqDt92FNjJDmSNWv7Eg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20220626210541.3317d25ad12c6df1c9668ed6@sohara.org> References: <CAMPTd_DeZL=E_fPb-VzwP%2B32stLMK68hzONAS21hjOr16m-apQ@mail.gmail.com> <5BCE171C-8D95-47E9-AD8E-8F2B75F5E8B5@freebsd.org> <CAMPTd_CXPD=5fZB05y%2Bq2Y_WO9-BJNAutRDhAiQHQ7kXbv8eGA@mail.gmail.com> <20220626210541.3317d25ad12c6df1c9668ed6@sohara.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] > > Sorry about the top posting. Many email clients default to top posting. > It > > can be easy to forget to go to the bottom of a giant post :). > > Really please don't do that without snipping the quote down to the > minimum required for context. Nobody wants to see a long quote with a short > reply. Netiquette has always recommended interleaved posting with quotes > trimmed to the minimum not bottom posting with all the quotes left in > place. > > And that is the second thing I hate about mobile based email clients. Deleting part of a multi screen message is a pain in the butt on them. From the desktop it is pretty simple. Walter -- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> <br> > Sorry about the top posting. Many email clients default to top posting. It<br> > can be easy to forget to go to the bottom of a giant post :).<br> <br> Really please don't do that without snipping the quote down to the<br> minimum required for context. Nobody wants to see a long quote with a short<br> reply. Netiquette has always recommended interleaved posting with quotes<br> trimmed to the minimum not bottom posting with all the quotes left in place.<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br clear="all"></div><div>And that is the second thing I hate about mobile based email clients. Deleting part of a multi screen message is a pain in the butt on them. From the desktop it is pretty simple.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Walter<br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(136,136,136)">The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis</span></div></div></div>
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