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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:27:26 -0400, Aron Griffis <agriffis@g.o> wrote: |
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> Lately it seems that both devs and non-devs are getting into the |
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> top-posting habit on this mailing list. If you're not familiar with |
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> what I mean, here is an example. |
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> This is an annoying habit. It's traditional on mailing lists to quote |
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> only the text to which you're replying, and put your reply below the |
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> Please observe this rule when posting to this mailing list. For more |
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> information, see |
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> http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s3-9 |
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> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt |
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Unfortunate but true, but my experience with those who top-post (based |
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on lengthy threads on gentoo-user and other lists) is that top-posters |
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are addicted to their habit and will not be dissuaded by logic or |
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appeals to netiquette. "I'll g-damn top-post if I want to," seems to |
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be the attitude. It's something akin to trying to teach a pig to dance |
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- you become covered with mud and it upsets the pig. |
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Ah well, perhaps the developers are a better example than the general populace. |
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It doesn't help that most mailer programs (mozilla is an exception) |
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automatically position the cursor in a reply for top-posting leaving |
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all the garbage that you must trim below, out of sight, and easy to |
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forget. |
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Thanks for the reminder. |
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(CR) Collins Richey |
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\/\/ "I hear you're single again." "Spouse 2.0 had fewer bugs than |
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Spouse 1.0, but the maintenance ... was too much for my OS." |
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- Glitch (tm) |
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