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Date:      Sun, 26 Jun 2022 21:05:41 +0100
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        Walter Parker <walterp@gmail.com>
Cc:        Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Posting netiquette: HTML, attachments etc.
Message-ID:  <20220626210541.3317d25ad12c6df1c9668ed6@sohara.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAMPTd_CXPD=5fZB05y%2Bq2Y_WO9-BJNAutRDhAiQHQ7kXbv8eGA@mail.gmail.com>
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>

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On Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:02:51 -0700
Walter Parker <walterp@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>



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