If you do impose such a rule, you will confirm the notion that you are more concerned with form as opposed to substance. Why would you edit/delete messages because they fail to meet your idea of the perfect email as to STYLE? I will resign when that rule is implemented. But at that point, you should rename this list to the "Administratively Correct List of No Substance but Classic Style".

Gary Thurlow,
Tired of people who make rules only because they CAN make rules.

PS - My first statement makes no sense does it? That is because it is out of context. If we used this list correctly, the information I referred-to would appear at the beginning of the message with my NEW information at the end. As it is, I cannot "refer" to anything, I must "prefer" to that which follows. Ludicrous.

PPS - Of course, you already know my feelings on quote order. It only makes sense to reply AFTER referencing the information that is referred-to. Any FAQs you might cite that suggests that new information be placed first were developed in the "olden days" when these mail lists were read online, at 300 baud. In order to save time, new stuff needed to be placed at the beginning. This "rule" is completely out of date and bears no semblance to the real world.

At 08:12 PM 2/23/2003, Willem-Jan wrote:

Those who quote in reverse order are 100% likely NOT to cut their
quotes at all....not the first quote in precession, nor the second
and third one (further down the bottom!) either.

<snip>


If a next version of Majordomo ever improves to the point that I can
filter *any* reverse order (but only with adequate bounce-
notification to the 'offendor'), I won't hesitate one second to
implement it....you guys are just lucky that the current version
can't do this....;))))
(nor can it do even a minimum of bounce-notification, sadly)

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