[Nottingham] Hello Everyone

[Martin]

Paul Mellors wrote:
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Daniel Sutton <mailto:daniel.p.sutton at googlemail.com>
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>     Don't really want to turn this into a big debate on what is the best
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>     2008/6/10 Paul Mellors <paul at paulmellors.net
>     <mailto:paul at paulmellors.net>>:
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>          
> 
>             ----- Original Message -----
>             *From:* Daniel Sutton <mailto:daniel.p.sutton at googlemail.com>
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>              
>             Hi Daniel
>              
>             Welcome to the list :)
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>     Hello Daniel
>      
>     There is no right or wrong answer to this, you use what you prefer
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Paul,

That's one of the best examples I've seen of topsy-turvy html Microsoft
posting ever!


To all, can we avoid the lazy "I don't care if there is a 5 MByte trail
of quoted posts trailing off to infinity below the screen"-and-"I'm too
lazy to cut out the unnecessary bits" silliness please?

Note: For those trying to read the digests, multiple screens of ever
increasing repeated quotes make the digests unreadable and unusable.


Please, no top posting unless it really does make reverse chronological
sense.

Thanks all,

Cheers,
Martin



Addendum:

My views are summed up quite nicely with these examples:

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?

- Newsnet post


A:  The most annoying thing on usenet.
Q:  What's top-posting?

- Newsnet post


Are you confident that you appear to be professional in your
electronic communication? Consider this:
    A: No
    Q: Can I top post?

- Newsnet post



The One exception, perhaps?

... Except that is if you're in business and keep an exponentially
increasing "Cover My Arse" audit trail of all previous emails in each
subsequent email...


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Martin Lomas
martin at ml1.co.uk
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