Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:40:58 +0200 From: FreeBSD questions mailing list <FreeBSD@amadeus.demon.nl> To: Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: topposting (was: colourization in ls command) Message-ID: <F793D1F4-1C4B-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <20041012121220.GB45436@caffreys.strugglers.net> References: <208449C5-1C32-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012100113.GB17178@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <3041E897-1C37-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012101328.GW45436@caffreys.strugglers.net> <D51A767A-1C3A-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012105731.GY45436@caffreys.strugglers.net> <2069400E-1C47-11D9-B5AA-0003939726F0@amadeus.demon.nl> <20041012121220.GB45436@caffreys.strugglers.net>
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On 12 okt 2004, at 14:12, Andy Smith wrote: > Off-list because this is likely to turn into a flame war... > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 02:06:19PM +0200, FreeBSD questions mailing > list wrote: >>> Have a read of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting >>> >> it says you're old... >> just joking :) >> I find it quite irritating that i have to scroll down everytime I read >> an email... > > In a properly-written email, useless quotes would be removed, so you > wouldn't have to scroll down very far. I can live with that. Writing in between the questions like we do here is accepted as well? > >> Is top posting a policy on the FBSD list? > > Top posting is generally frowned-upon. People who indulge in it are > shown to be Microsoft Outlook users, because that is the default of > Outlook. Mac OSX's Mail does the same thing...
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