[Nottingham] Maillist notes

Kev linux_nottingham at cynara.co.uk
Fri Jun 4 08:39:15 UTC 2010


Hi,
I personally think Martin is wrong about top-posting. There is nothing 
more annoying that having to read a load of old crud to get to the email 
sender's point.
I'm definitely on the side of the top-posters.
Kev

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



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