Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:22:26 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: WolfRyder <wolfryder@qwest.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Top posting Message-ID: <20030227005226.GC88122@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20030226165246.00a8c770@pop.omah.uswest.net> References: <NKCIBJDOKLMIHBAA@whowhere.com> <NKCIBJDOKLMIHBAA@whowhere.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20030226165246.00a8c770@pop.omah.uswest.net>
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--jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline [rearranging, trimming irrelevant text] On Wednesday, 26 February 2003 at 16:56:10 -0600, WolfRyder wrote: > At 09:10 AM 2/27/03 +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >> 2. The next was where the entire original message was attached, >> frequently uneditable. This is the origin of top posting. See >> http://www.daemonnews.org/199902/d-advocate.html for an example. > > I top-post when what I have to say is short and to the point. In that case you should trim away stuff which is irrelevant, such as most of my mail message in this case. >> 4. The most obvious way to do things is to interleave individual >> parts of the message. Thus you can have a blow-by-blow reply to >> individual points. You don't forget anything, and people know >> what you're talking about in every case. You can see an example >> of this further down in the same web page. > > The thing I really really hate is to have to wade through several > paragraphs, trying to read what someone responds, and I give up. The thing I really hate is to have a lot of irrelevant text in a message, wherever it is. If you've got irrelevant text in the middle of a message, that's wrong. If you've got irrelevant text at the end of a message, that's wrong too. > If I'm interested enough to be following a thread, I'll have read > the whole original post to begin with. And remember every detail? Sorry, I'm not that good. And I can't trust the person at the other end to know what I'm thinking. > Saves me time... And wastes other people's time? Note that this message, which includes quotes (reinserted in the correct place) is about half the length of your time-saving version. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers Please note: we block mail from major spammers, notably yahoo.com. See http://www.lemis.com/yahoospam.html for further details. --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+XWFKIubykFB6QiMRAo1lAKCuuIJxWRonI3gF1FXlt5RFB3fuKgCfQqtY ZxledNap3yUBo07LV65D87A= =eTKx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jy6Sn24JjFx/iggw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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