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On March 28, 2017 6:23:40 PM GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>> On March 28, 2017 5:32:04 PM GMT+02:00, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> |
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>wrote: |
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>>> Mick wrote: |
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>>>> On Tuesday 28 Mar 2017 09:05:04 Dale wrote: |
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>>>>> Danny YUE wrote: |
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>>>>>> Just curious: why is top-posting forbidden here? |
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>>>>>> I have never found any reference for that. |
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>>>>>> I would appreciate it if you could tell me something about that. |
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>>>>>> Danny |
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>>>>> Here is one but there are tons of others. |
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>https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/mailing-list-faq/etiquette.html#idp5 |
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>>>>> 5147880 |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Also, on this list, html is frowned upon as well. Plain text is |
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>>>>> requested, although some devices may not have the option. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Dale |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> :-) :-) |
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>>>> I thought the original joke went like this: |
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>>>> |
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>>>> A. Top posters |
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>>>> Q. What's the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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>>>> |
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>>>> A: Because it upsets the logical flow of the thread. |
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>>>> Q: Why is top posting a bad idea? |
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>>>> Anyway, Gentoo users often ask multifaceted questions which require |
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>>> more than |
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>>>> a single answer. With top posting we would need to send many |
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>>> response emails |
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>>>> to respond with clarity to all points the OP may have raised. With |
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>>> inline |
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>>>> responses we can interlace the answers in the OP's message and the |
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>>> logical |
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>>>> flow of the conversation is retained within a single response |
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>email. |
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>>> I have actually seen that in people's sig before. I can't recall |
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>who |
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>>> it |
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>>> was and haven't seen it in a while. |
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>>> |
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>>> I bottom post if it is somewhat a single subject or inline post if |
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>it |
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>>> has more than one topic. As you say, it makes it easier to know |
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>what |
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>>> one is talking about. I use what I feel will work best. Top |
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>posting |
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>>> tho, as your example/joke points out, makes it hard to figure out |
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>what |
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>>> is going on, even if one is following the thread. Of course, I also |
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>>> realize that some devices make that hard or impossible. Most who |
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>use |
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>>> those devices say they are. |
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>>> |
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>>> Dale |
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>>> |
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>>> :-) :-) |
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>> I use multiple devices. All modern phones have apps that allow bottom |
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>posting as default. |
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>> Inline is more difficult, which is why I leave those replies for when |
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>I have a real PC. |
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>> -- |
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>> Joost |
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>So those "smart" devices are finally catching up. Good for them to |
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>finally catch up to the world huh? ROFL |
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>Dale |
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>:-) :-) |
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I use k9 mail, which has the option to bottom post by default. |
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Inline is difficult with touch screen. But not impossible. |
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But I have yet to find a real smart device. The ones that are sold as such are quite stupid. A 3 year old is smarter. |
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Joost |
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. |
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