From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 18:39:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3B5116A417 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:39:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlsonmark@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D1213C45D for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:39:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlsonmark@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id l8so2496247nzf for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:38:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Qb5hvBqdUBZgIar8VeVIuPgEBlrFKnjhhNljT5W8thY=; b=kHlLOEiZmHHV4kOi6hc6OR3oa2Wz7dlRHsuwad6gqulpDxhCsnHrylw4/ipjVWllbyQNAB1g5O4Qh6yvICUapmYHoqUSI8C7gZPvSkyNZCtAygmypzHFOxVMez0n5TVKw3GBePnTncqpcTPP05Pb3CfqC125Vt3tvlSyWVL4UbU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sSeyIrQtoSthfKxdhJtRVOzl6jCcydbo0W0iqGjNd/3+O0X5Ery8l1c1eentCr+C7SqqJ/XlRAag7H8JhiBgVD7GSoJ+e7L66rOfBZ4oa1YSpYQ5KSd9Q6MK3KS9ZUIEkP+nDr3o9CwDUK3hYkUQXdQ0C96yBXMsXBr+3/0ZmqQ= Received: by 10.142.213.9 with SMTP id l9mr1549145wfg.1195841390474; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:09:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.112.12 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:09:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:09:50 -0700 From: "Mark Carlson" To: "Fintan Gaughan" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <31AE442CCBC1094ABC40CE85B0149F06468CE8@MAIL1.registry.otago.ac.nz> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: top posting (off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:39:02 -0000 On 11/23/07, Fintan Gaughan wrote: > Well i am top posting cos gmail says so :-) > > >From what i have been told that news group you don't top post but in > mail list such as this one its ok to top post. > Correct me if i am wrong but you can configure newsgroup reader to > scroll to bottom or post where with email clients you have to scroll > down to each one. Rubbish. Gmail may passively encourage top-posting, because if you use Gmail, you don't notice one way or the other (auto-hiding "quoted" text) until a conversation starts to wrap. You should use proper email etiquette no matter what client you are using, whether it is on a newsgroup or a mailing list. By not doing so you have two consequences: 1. It takes too much work to read your email, so it may (and will) be ignored by many people who would otherwise have been interested. 2. You are wasting the time of anyone who chooses to read your email. This has a cumulative effect, so that in the future, your emails will be ignored. -Mark C.