I started this discussion when I replied to a long unclipped post had a off-topic response telling the sender to bottom post. I latter asked who says you have to bottom post on this list.
On 20 Aug 2006 at 18:07, Chris BONDE wrote: ---clip--- > Sometimes a top post is better, especially, if there has been many > comments, some of them in dispute. However, this reflector has set up > the bottom posts, so we should continue to do so until the accepted is > changed. This guideline from the OO.o Mailing Lists - Guidelines, http://www.openoffice.org/ml_guidelines.html was posted previously. When replying to other people it is customary to intersperse your response with their questions, both so you can answer the actual question that was asked, and so everyone else has some idea what you are talking about. It is also customary to limit your quoting to the minimum possible to get your point across. Take the time to be considerate, remember those subscribers who have slow, expensive connections. It does not tell users to bottom post, or top post. A very important point which is too often ignored on this, and many other lists is "...limit your quoting to the minimum possible to get your point across..." > For response to a many questioned item and no other responses, I > prefer to interlace (intersperse) the response. But I have found, > when I ask more than one simple question in a post, I never receive a > good answer. > > So maybe when in Rome do as the romans do, or did, or something > standard so that we all know what is going on. Neither is more > correct than the other, just an accepted method. > > Chris In Rome they used to feed Christians to the lions. I will top post or bottom post or intersperse my comments, always clipping unneeded parts of the quote, depending on which is the most effective for a particular response, not according to what some list nazi thinks is the "right way" to do it. -- Larry I. Gusaas, Moose Jaw, Sask. http://larry-gusaas.com --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0633-4, 18/08/2006 Tested on: 8/20/2006 7:52:38 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2006 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
