Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 06:47:36 -0600 From: "WolfRyder" <wolfryder@qwest.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Top posting Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030227063629.00b24270@pop.omah.uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <20030227005226.GC88122@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20030226165246.00a8c770@pop.omah.uswest.net> <NKCIBJDOKLMIHBAA@whowhere.com> <NKCIBJDOKLMIHBAA@whowhere.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030226165246.00a8c770@pop.omah.uswest.net>
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> > >> I top-post when what I have to say is short and to the point. > > >In that case you should trim away stuff which is irrelevant, such as > >most of my mail message in this case. > > > >>The thing I really hate is to have a lot of irrelevant text in a > >>message, wherever it is. If you've got irrelevant text in the middle > >>of a message, that's wrong. If you've got irrelevant text at the end > >>of a message, that's wrong too. The above part I had to add the >> myself. I use Eudora, not Outlook. > >> If I'm interested enough to be following a thread, I'll have read > >> the whole original post to begin with. > > >And remember every detail? Sorry, I'm not that good. And I can't > >trust the person at the other end to know what I'm thinking. > For reference I keep the original post. What's one email as opposed to a bazillion? > >> Saves me time... > > >And wastes other people's time? > > >Note that this message, which includes quotes (reinserted in the > >correct place) is about half the length of your time-saving version. > > >Greg And it took me longer to "seek" your responses than it took to read the original post. I understand that people will not agree on this issue "do we respond 'before' or 'after' a section that is >'d?" "Do I use ** or >?" "Do I start with a 'new' message and copy/paste what I want into it?" The possibilities are mind boggling. I'm not trying to incite a flame war or anything else. Just stating my opinion. I've seen some web versions of 'netiquette' and perhaps an authoritative one can be written. But just like anything else in writing, people will find things that "agree with their point of view". These are my opinions, no flame or offence intended, Carol To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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