From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 11 01:35:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B4516A531 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:35:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from grog.secure-computing.net (grog.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.241]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9B643D53 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:35:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from Nomad (nat-server.secure-computing.net [63.228.14.245]) (authenticated bits=0)i7B1ZBov012129; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:35:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) From: "Eric Crist" To: , "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG'" Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:09:17 -0500 Message-ID: <028f01c47f3f$d5fc1070$6401a8c0@Nomad> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.74, clamav-milter version 0.74a on grog.secure-computing.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: RE: Top posting solution X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:35:35 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of JJB > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:46 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG > Subject: Top posting solution > > To > all you Unix hard liners, Please instead of > complaining to the top posters, it would be so much nicer if > you just informed the MS/Windows top poster of the above > links so they know about the solution to fix their email > clients to adhere to the Unix email format used on this list. > > Thanks for you attention > What I have found works for me is to compose a message that I would find easy to read. I know this doesn't mean everyone is able to read it as well as others, or myself, but I've got a better chance, I've found, if I edit the message to contain only the pertinent information to my reply. This does not always apply to messages between two or three people, as it is helpful to maintain a thread, and it's not as likely to get munged up through many edits. It's really very simple. It doesn't matter to me if the reply is top or bottom posted, as long as I'm able to ascertain the meaning or questions being posed. If I can read it, I will generally respond. If I want my message replied to, I create it in such as way that people don't generally find it difficult to read. Thanks! Eric F Crist