[Gllug] Stirring

[Matthew King]

Jack Bertram <jack at jbertram.net> writes:

> However, in business correspondence it is frequently necessary to
> forward a whole chain of correspondence to someone who has not been
> copied in on it.  It's very difficult to forward a bottom-posted chain
> of messages.

Gnus makes it incredibly easy to attach an entire thread to an
email. I've no doubt competent mail software could then view the
messages as though in a regular mailbox (maybe after importing them to
individual messages).

> As a result, I find it difficult to get worked up about this issue any
> more.  Both styles of posting have advantages and disadvantages in
> different situations.  The best thing to do is to use the style that
> your correspondent(s) prefer - rather than enforcing your own
> preferences upon them.

Perhaps my correspondent(s) could consider using a style that I prefer?
I am, after all, their correspondent. Or does altruism only extend one way?

Matthew

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