Top Posting....

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 30.03.2005 schrieb Corey Head um 0:40:

> <On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:19:46 -0500, Phil Labonte
> <plabonte at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I still fail to understand how top posting "interferes
> > with the flow", if you read the original post why do
> > you have to include it in your replies?>
> 
> I have to agree...but either way, top or bottom, if
> this is the 'etiquette' of the list, perhaps that
> could be explained to someone when they subscribe--not
> just getting snubbed when you top-post unknowingly.

You are right. That came already up some times. So far there only exist
a non official guide which is not linked anywhere on the
fedora.redhat.com site.

> This is a rule I'm unfamiliar with--being new to the
> mail-list game.  Don't just snub people about it (yes
> I'm talking to you Alexander Dalloz--see "Possible
> Apache or Squirrelmail Bug?" thread)--let someone know
> and then perhaps they won't do it anymore.  And
> yes--you can do it in a nice way Mr. Dalloz! 

Sorry Corey, you are right and I have to apologise. My comment was far
too short to understand the context and connection to this thread you
are now contributing. I am really sorry.
Reviewing this thread you probably saw my todays words to it. Resigning
(too often I tried to explain the problem with top-posting, even in
private mails) I finally decided keep me out of threads, where due to
top-posting I always will have to sort the text, looking for what is
needed to quote and to which part of the previous quoted text the new
top posted text belongs. I can ensure you it costs quite some time. And
finally I don't see why I should spent that time when the people with
questions or problem do not care. We'll see how it goes.

> (See--I've already learned my lesson here!)

I see and honor that! Maybe you quickly will understand the "why" as
this list has a high volume (once I read a mail I do not delete it, and
getting it then quoted complete half a dozen times again wastes my
traffic and mail storage space, besides the usual problem to see the
linkage between quoted text and new text). Don't wonder getting 200 to
300 mails a day from here.

Welcome to the list.

> Corey

Alexander


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