On Thu, 2015-03-19 at 17:45 -0700, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Top posting with full quoting is also encouraged by MUAs like Gmail's > web client that hide the quoted material unless you ask for it.
It's also encouraged by iDevices with iOS using mail clients which insert the quoted material _below_ the user's sig. Converting to bottom posted isn't really trivial and involves a bit of cutting and pasting. > I do understand that in some business situations (contract negotiations, > attorney/client communication and the like), it is useful and pretty > much demanded that each message contain the full transcript of what went > before, but this has no place on an email discussion list. > > This is a major hot-button issue for me, The above is only scratching > the surface. This is one of the reasons I've long ago abdicated my job as list moderator for _all_ the lists I host and to which I also belong. I'm happy to be the technical admin, and deal with problems with spam and the occasional technically disruptive member or ex-member, but I don't want to get into the day-to-day decisions about what's allowed or not on a list. -- Lindsay Haisley | "The only unchanging certainty FMP Computer Services | is the certainty of change" 512-259-1190 | http://www.fmp.com | - Ancient wisdom, all cultures ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
