--- On Mon, 7/21/08, Alex Eckelberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started, like everyone else, eons ago with bottom posting.
Seconded (Thirded, Fourthed). In a public forum like this one, or in email between known-capable bottom-posters, I will still bottom-post like this (edit out everything except the most pertient original text, then bottom-post point-form responses). When a conversation really requires point-form responses to comments in the original message, I have taken to editting down and prefacing every one of my replies with my initials (CB:) so people using The Horror Known As Outlook (HKO) have a chance of following the conversation. Frankly, there have never been a majority of people who would take the time to cut-down the original text enough to make the most of embedded-response bottom posting (Ranum is a notable exception). It was almost as annoying to have to lecture people on email etiquette then as it is now. I miss the conversational flow of *proper* embedded-response bottom posting, but for better or worse Alex is correct. 99% of the time it has become a matter of swimming against the current and is not worth the effort to fight. HKO is here to stay and it's best to get used to it. -chris _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
