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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--00000000000087115905e25fbaef Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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 --00000000000087115905e25fbaef Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu= ote"><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e= x;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> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Really please don't do that without snippin= g 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=3D"all"></div><div>And that is the second thin= g 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=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><span style=3D"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=C2=A0= of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. =C2=A0 -- Justice Louis D.= =C2=A0Brandeis</span></div></div></div> --00000000000087115905e25fbaef--
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