Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 13:18:23 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Posting Style Message-ID: <20221107131823.67c957cadb4bd11a4d00ba03@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20221106222404.ew2xhposne7aesvw@freebsd> References: <20221106222404.ew2xhposne7aesvw@freebsd>
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On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 14:24:04 -0800 Joe B <jb1277976@gmail.com> wrote: > What is recommended here on the mailing list? > > Bottom posting or topo posting? Neither! Although the long established style for USENET and mailing lists does reduce to bottom posting sometimes. > I know bottom posting it has the quoted replies at the top and the > person replying at the bottom Done properly the original message is trimmed to short sections each just long enough to give context and the relevant replies go beneath each section in and interleaved fashion. This approach makes the whole thing very conversational and easy to follow. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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