Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 17:45:07 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: dochawk@psu.edu Cc: seanleblanc@home.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Email Etiquette on this list Message-ID: <20011128174506.A1858@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <200111281611.fASGBY126404@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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dochawk@psu.edu wrote: > "Holy War" only in the same context that the "debate" about when the > 21st century starts was a holy war. In each case, there is a correct > answer. In this one, the correct format was well exstablished before > most of the top-posters were even born. It's nothing more than a case > of charging into an existing culture and ignoring the social norms--and > then insisting that the ignorance is correct. > > Top posting is wrong. It's ignorant. It's really that simple. Yes, it's wrong. It's ignorant. It's socially inept. Maybe somebody should tell Jordan Hubbard (to name only the most prominent name in FreeBSD). http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=514819+517106+/usr/local/www/db/text/2001/freebsd-hackers/20010923.freebsd-hackers http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=652656+654499+/usr/local/www/db/text/2001/freebsd-hackers/20010826.freebsd-hackers (those were just two recent examples, from a quick search) Now, the right answer: use your judgement (as always). If you're replying to specific points, don't top-post. If you're making a broader reply and there's no reason to make the reader wade through previous writing first, then by all means top-post. Why not? - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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