Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 15:56:40 -0800 From: "Joshua Lokken" <bsdaemon@eudoramail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, "WolfRyder" <wolfryder@qwest.net> Subject: Re: Top posting Message-ID: <OECHLPPIMMKJHBAA@whowhere.com>
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:56:10 WolfRyder wrote: >I top-post when what I have to say is short and to the point. If I want to >comment on several different parts, I will interweave. The thing I really >really hate is to have to wade through several paragraphs, trying to read >what someone responds, and I give up. If I'm interested enough to be >following a thread, I'll have read the whole original post to begin with. > >Saves me time...the purists may disagree with me and that's okay. If we all >did things and like things the same way it would be a very boring world indeed. > >WolfRyder > >At 09:10 AM 2/27/03 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>X-Mailer: MailCity Service >> >>[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] >> >>single line paragraph >> >>On Wednesday, 26 February 2003 at 11:38:51 -0800, Joshua Lokken wrote: >> > Hey newbies >> > >> > Why do people not like topposting in replies? It seems that (from >> > my experience) that the business world in general _always_ topposts >> > replies. >> >>It's rather like putting the cart before the horse. I can distinguish >>about four different styles: >> >>4. The most obvious way to do things is to interleave individual >> parts of the message. Thus you can have a blow-by-blow reply to >> individual points. You don't forget anything, and people know >> what you're talking about in every case. You can see an example >> of this further down in the same web page. >> >>So why don't people use 4 all the time? For many, it's too much >>trouble. Maybe they can't type very well (not really much of a >>reason; it's not much more work). More likely, the tools at their >>disposition aren't up to the job. This is particularly true for >>Microsoft-based systems, where I haven't been able to find any MUA >>which allows you to write messages with a real editor. >> >>Greg >>-- >>When replying to this message, please take care not to mutilate the >>original text. >>For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/email.html >>See complete headers for address and phone numbers >>Please note: we block mail from major spammers, notably yahoo.com. >>See http://www.lemis.com/yahoospam.html for further details. Yeah, that's what I has in mind when I asked the question, I guess. Windows is the tool of choice at work, and while I have been mucking about with Cygwin, I haven't found an MUA that works very well, either. Actually, a couple of months back I was using Opera, which has a decent mail interface. I was told that since Opera changed the titles of attachments when it sent them, I _had_ to use Outlook Express! I finally convinced the boss to allow me to use Outlook proper, but you see what I'm saying.... ;) Thanks for the replies! Joshua Lokken Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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