[GLLUG] Slightly OT - Netiquette at work

[Simon Morris]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:01:55 +0000, Steve Nelson <sanelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello gang,
> 
> I've been grumbled at by managers for *not* top-posting at work!
[snip]
> 
> Has anyone else had a similar experience?
>

Yes. Lots
 
> Does one just have to put on a corporate face and play along with the
> top-posting, html-crazy masses?
> 
> Or is it worth being different and refusing to comply?
>

Well, I don't but if I was explicitly told to stop doing something I
guessed I'd have to think it through.

I get asked a fair bit why *my* email is different to everyone elses
and why I don't use the correct font for our signature.

You are in the right though :)

The problem comes (as you describe) when people mix top posting and
correct quoting, then the thread is impossible to follow rather than
merely illogical as with top-posting
 
> I feel a bit crap about it to be honest - but maybe its a lost battle,
> and not worth worrying about?
> 
> Thoughts?

Of course it is worth worrying about. Things that matter are worth
worrying about and making a stand for.

Make me happy when I get mail from people that previously used to
top-post and have no learnt to quote correctly.

~sm
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