From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 14:06:16 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21355106564A for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:06:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: from web32105.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32105.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.119]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E31598FC13 for ; Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:06:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gesbbb@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 27528 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Feb 2009 14:06:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=Trm1mKj2NVQTccUG022dAYkFd3JZOKePd2AXt1Q+IO8H/Q7ssE5YPPC/TGQKdViCNxAQncMrNrZORv+G9q1iZIYeP6Pane/1aUki6cPyqrQZwyi3iX48eqWGyDSFqApgMFI2paWgxQUEwOaFvvFb9d9+eO7D62l8JcsUT8wfTDc=; X-YMail-OSG: iVkC.5QVM1kcBcQI5kZsj03sPloj4gj53Eo6FAv9GaJJp.8rUWh_aKZ64_jPs40ssB19FLn3nYR_YR7dn._VOhvgHd66yPlqeH3K3.pnYdow2NR5J8LfUesRO3yoPI8YjUpigOGpCDUtm1yiT15FMANfLEFD2JzyacCDJCvdKSclnfNs1WHeJDXS4FUkK2grqYLTxcBOLEDbvj8VyzX2r38IFfjHvL2X Received: from [76.23.177.172] by web32105.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:06:15 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/1156.82 YahooMailWebService/0.7.260.1 References: <20090219005944.8E9311065689@hub.freebsd.org> <20090219143053.J46613@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:06:15 -0800 (PST) From: GESBBB To: FreeBSD Users Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <355045.27238.qm@web32105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Top Posting Mania [was Re: FreeBSD 7.O compiled code is very slow] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:06:16 -0000 > From: Ian Smith smithi@nimnet.asn.au=0A=0A[snip]=0A=A0=0A> Woj, I'm reall= y surprised that you, of all people, seem lately to have =0A> been converte= d to the Micro$oft Outlock-trained style of top-posting, =0A> including tai= l-quoting all sorts irrelevant and repeated trailers etc, =0A> after years = of your (almost too- :) concise postings.=0A> =0A> This list is getting ver= y hard to follow as a digest anymore, when half =0A> of it or more is re-re= -repeated overtailquoting of irrelevant trivia.=A0 =0A> Please come back fr= om the dark side ..=0A=0A1) MS Outlook is not the only MUA that defaults to= 'TOP POSTING'.=0A=0A2) It is configurable in the newer versions=0A=0A3) Th= e lack of effort=A0by many posters to trim a message prior to sending is eq= ually annoying.=0A=0A4) The insertion of legally unenforceable disclaimers,= etc. is another big waste of space.=0A=0A5) The use of HTML mail in a mail= forum is absurd; however, it is commonly done (GMail).=0A=0A6) One of my '= Pet Peeves": Morons who change a thread's subject rather than start a new o= ne.=0A=0A-- =0AJerry