Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:32:38 +1100 From: "Murray Taylor" <MTaylor@bytecraft.com.au> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Dak Ghatikachalam <dghatikachalam@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term) Message-ID: <04E232FDCD9FBE43857F7066CAD3C0F126733B@svmailmel.bytecraft.internal>
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=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:grog@FreeBSD.org]=20 > Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 10:13 AM > To: Murray Taylor > Cc: Dak Ghatikachalam; freebsd-questions > Subject: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term) >=20 > [heavily trimmed, subject line clarified, format breakage recovered] >=20 > On Thursday, 18 January 2007 at 16:31:41 +1100, Murray Taylor wrote: > > On Thursday, 18 January 2007 11:48 AM, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote: > >> What if someone is emailing from a thread while I am replying at > >> the same time, would that not happen ? Would I be getting complains > >> again that I am "top-posting" > > > > Top-posting defined simply ... > > > > A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > A: Top-posting. > > Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? >=20 > Yes, that's a nice one. >=20 > > Unfortunately all Micro$lop 'standard' email clients and a few > > others put the cursor at the top of the email, so the bad habit has > > developed across the world both domestically and in businesses, to > > write there, rather than continuing the email thread at the bottom. >=20 > I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they > position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the > text. My editor also positions the cursor at the very top when I > reply to a message. But it also makes it possible to tidy things up. >=20 > "Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are > trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and > not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of > things that people should remove from replies. >=20 > Greg > -- Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether=20 I add it or not, and also the #@$%^%# stupid corporate disclaimer also (over which I have no control).... sigh Mail etiquette and general netiquette are subjects that are not taught when the unwashed are given computers... mjt (no .sig) --------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.=20 E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --------------------------------------------------------------- ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ###
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