I thought that this thread was closed by the moderator? Also, GMail's reply function makes top posting, however annoying it may be to some people, but it is the default action, and I have not been able to figure out how to make it run otherwise.
Sorry for the inconvenience. On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:24 AM, trag<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Jun 14, 4:48 am, "Gary D." <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why don't we just break up the group into two groups, one for top >> posters and one for bottom posters and than everybody will be happy. >> Or maybe not. (sorry) > > I would be happy because I neither read nor respond to top posters > anyway. The exception to the preceeding is people who are obvious > newbies who have never had the opportunity to learn better. > > The vast majority of top posters also fail to ever trim any of their > quoted text. You can argue until cows get home email access about top > vs. bottom posting, but failing to trim quoted text is a lazy > inconsiderate poster happily wasting the time of hundreds of > readers. It may not be apparent if you read lists on the Google > Groups web interface, but if you have the digests or messages emailed > to you, all that quoted text is a scrolling hell. -- " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith (K4RNT) - Murfreesboro/Nashville, Tennessee USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
