If you do impose such a rule, you will confirm the notion that you are more concerned with form as opposed to substance.
No. This is not necessarily a contradiction. One can be concerned with both. I am, for example. Substance is easier and faster to get if the form is proper.
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.
Exactly. Preceding a reply with a quote makes it a lot easier to follow a discussion. Your original statement at the top and my reply does not make a lot of sense. Useless.
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 This "rule" is completely out of date and bears no semblance to the real world.
Yes, the connection speed is no longer and issue. But that doesn't make the form irrelevant. It can be argued that it is more important than ever due to the massive amount of information we are bombarded with.
Top quote:
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.
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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)
-- - Marius
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