Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-12-04 Thread Larry Colen
P. J. Alling wrote: reply chain doesn't grow to thousands of lines long, of mostly unneeded crap. You can't talk about the PDML that way... Well I guess you can, but you shouldn't. Of course not, it's the post that is mostly unneeded crap. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-12-04 Thread P. J. Alling
reply chain doesn't grow to thousands of lines long, of mostly unneeded crap. You can't talk about the PDML that way... Well I guess you can, but you shouldn't. On 11/22/2017 6:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: Hum I have always "top posted" and as Ann as stated

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-23 Thread Jack Davis
Good'n, Ken. J Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2017, at 8:12 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Ken Waller to Pentax-Discuss: > > "I thought the Russians were responsible." > > The Russians (at least Putin's Russians) are irresponsible. > > > Dan Matyola >

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-23 Thread Ken Waller
I thought the Russians were responsible. -Original Message- >From: ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >Subject: Re: meta-topic Posting style > > > >On 11/22/2017 3:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Jack seemed to be confused by the way his email r

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-23 Thread Jack Davis
Agree! J Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2017, at 4:45 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > When I respond on my phone, the cursor always appears in a top posting > position. I see no reason to futz woith it. > > Paul > >> On Nov 22, 2017, at 4:10 PM, ann sanfedele

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
When I respond on my phone, the cursor always appears in a top posting position. I see no reason to futz woith it. Paul > On Nov 22, 2017, at 4:10 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > >> On 11/22/2017 3:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> Jack seemed to be confused by the way his

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread Matthew Hunt
When 900 years you reach... On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Completely > agree > I post so well you shall not,. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread ann sanfedele
On 11/22/2017 9:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: snip... Subash Jeyan wrote: my reply style (top, interspersed, or bottom) depends mostly on the forum. but i do cut out a lot of unnecessary fluff... Larry replied: Exactly.  There are actually times when top, or bottom, posting is the

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Completely agree I -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread Larry Colen
Subash Jeyan wrote: On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:56:17 -0800 Larry Colen wrote: PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: Hum I have always "top posted" and as Ann as stated most places want you to place your replies above the line. A lot of that has to do with the way the internet

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:56:17 -0800 Larry Colen wrote: > PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: > > Hum I have always "top posted" and as Ann as stated most places > > want you to place your replies above the line. > > A lot of that has to do with the way the internet was invaded

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread Larry Colen
PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com wrote: Hum I have always "top posted" and as Ann as stated most places want you to place your replies above the line. A lot of that has to do with the way the internet was invaded starting in 1993 by barbarians who had no concept of polite behavior. It makes a

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
Hum I have always "top posted" and as Ann as stated most places want you to place your replies above the line. Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Diverse range of photography Artistic - Animals - Events/Festivals - Transportation - Pets - Nature

Re: meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread ann sanfedele
On 11/22/2017 3:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Jack seemed to be confused by the way his email reader handles email attributions. This harkens back to a debate that's been going on for at least 30 years on posting style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Here is the standard

meta-topic Posting style

2017-11-22 Thread Larry Colen
Jack seemed to be confused by the way his email reader handles email attributions. This harkens back to a debate that's been going on for at least 30 years on posting style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style Here is the standard explanation of why top posting is bad Why I hate