[Nottingham] Maillist notes

[Michael Simms]

I'll stop top-posting when my mail reader automatically works out the 
start of the bottom posted message and scrolls me to there. Until then, 
I'm not going to conform to pre-screen Victorian era writing standards 
when it is always more convenient to read top-posted messages when you 
have actually been following the thread, as that is where your mail 
reader opens the mail to.

Bottom posting is a relic of history, no longer appropriate in the 
modern age.

Sure, if you haven't been following the thread it makes it harder to 
just jump into the middle, you actually have to make the effort to 
understand the subject and... wait that's a good thing.

Martin, you KNOW I'm going to say this, are you TRYING to start a 
flamewar {:-)

Michael Simms, CEO - Tux Games LTD
http://www.tuxgames.com


On 06/03/2010 04:02 PM, Martin wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Some of the mail is going through the maillist with corrupted mail
> headers or duplicate MIME headers...
>
> If possible, please mail "text only" to the maillist rather than html
> pages as attachments.
>
>
> Also, please trim quotes when replying to posts and post your text
> underneath (bottom post).
>
> My view is that top posting is fine for buisnesses that wish to have an
> audit trail to cover their...
>
>
> Anyone using the mail digests? Are they coming through ok?
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
>
> 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...
>
> - Martin L, NLUG post
>
>
>