--- "James B.Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:46:48 -0500, "Austin Franklin" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: > > >> ...only on the inclusion of the admin-footer, > > > >If the admin footer is included (the part that has the "*"s and the "for > >list instructions") the post will be rejected? If so, I must have missed > >where it said not to do that in the instructions. Better read them again... > > > >> which is a sure sign of sloppy-quoting > > > >Well, it's a pretty short footer, and sure, in the days of slow modems, this > >sure made a difference, but today, with most people being on broadband, this > >shorty footer really isn't going to clog up the network, so though it's a > >sign of not anal snipping, I'd be hard pressed to call it "sloppy". > > Ok we all got high speed net now, let's forget proper formatting, readability > and etiquette and just post how ever we feel like... > > Where will it end? One day you'll find yourself wading through hundreds of one > liner messages with close to zero content to find yourself wishing there were > some rules to posting on the net... > > Come on guys, how you post, how you edit, trim and arrange your mail creates > an > impression on the reader. I for one believe that impression should be a good > one. A neat and tidily arranged message with good content and readability is > important to me. > > Even if everyone did have high speed not (which they don't), the half a second > it takes me to trim and move my cursor down is worth it to keep things tidy. > You > are all saying that it takes too much time but you're wrong. I guess you just > haven't figured out how to do it right. > Out of deference to Jim, who seems to think that anything top posted is worthless, I will respond to this endless argument with a bottom post. Happy, Jim? I live in a corporate world that posts at the top of emails and always has.... every client I have, every friend I have, every writer friend I have, every photographer I know.... almost to a person, they all top post. Does that mean that what they are saying is irrelevant and worthless? Hardly. If it will keep you happier, then I'll post at the bottom in this list until hell freezes over. But, honestly, can we argue about more important things than antiquated netiquette?? Jane
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