From owner-freebsd-chat Sun May 26 15: 4: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from postfix1-2.free.fr (postfix1-2.free.fr [213.228.0.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D53C337B40C for ; Sun, 26 May 2002 15:03:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bluerondo.a.la.turk (nas-cbv-3-62-147-136-39.dial.proxad.net [62.147.136.39]) by postfix1-2.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D293BAB375 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 00:03:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 1446 invoked by uid 1001); 26 May 2002 22:03:40 -0000 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 00:03:40 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Mike Meyer Cc: rob , "chat@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Bottom-quoting (was Re: My friends were amazed at FreeBSD...) Message-ID: <20020526220340.GA1413@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20020524143036.C67484@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20020524164101.P51722-100000@muheleja.eenet.ee> <20020524163603.L81843@lpt.ens.fr> <3CEECD6A.5E9BB6A6@pythonemproject.com> <20020525175149.A69827@lpt.ens.fr> <15601.2665.379231.456776@guru.mired.org> <20020526173949.GA230@lpt.ens.fr> <15601.10022.167754.574044@guru.mired.org> <20020526183504.GA472@lpt.ens.fr> <15601.23130.211488.574573@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15601.23130.211488.574573@guru.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Meyer said on May 26, 2002 at 16:57:46: > In <20020526183504.GA472@lpt.ens.fr>, Rahul Siddharthan typed: > > If we're talking annoyance factors, one can pick out several in > > anyone's style. Here are some in yours. > > Note that I didn't pick on annoying factors in any particular persons > style. I objected to recommending someone who hasn't yet learned good > netiquette to adopt what is almost universially recognized as a *bad* > habit. Minor formatting details are just that - minor formatting > details. Top-posting makes it almost impossible to follow the thread > of a conversation. But your recommended solution for clueless newbies -- not quoting at all -- makes it totally impossible to follow the thread (without consulting archives). That was my point. I agree with your other point, that it's better to teach good habits than bad habits (but *not* by teaching them not to quote to start with). On the other hand, bottom-posting is not only very widespread, but (in my opinion) not as bad as you paint it. I myself do it when mailing other people who do it -- it keeps things more consistent. - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message