Kevin wrote: > Paul Houlbrooke wrote: > >> Oh, when you said "No" I thought you meant that the way I was currently >> configured was not the best practice. >> >> So why is responding to 250 OK better then 550? >> >> > > First a request, please stop top-posting, it makes replying harder. > > Sending a 250 is better because for the collect addresses you want MORE > spam. Telling them the address doesn't exist goes counter to that. > > Kevin > I've never understood the anti-top posting mentality. A lot of (most?) mail clients default to top-posting, and if you bottom-post, then you have to clear out that lovely 9 line sf.net sig first. Also, reading top-posted emails is much easier due to the fact that you don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom of each email, go to the next email in the thread, then scroll to the bottom of that one, and so on.
The most recent message in the thread is the most important part of the email, so it should go on top. The quoted reply is just there for reference, archival, or what have you, but it isn't even necessary since the rest of the quotes reply is available elsewhere. If all you have is a single email message for reference, then I can understand that bottom-posting would be better to easier get a view of the whole conversation, but such is rarely the case. It seems like it's an archaic holdover from usenet at best. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
