begin quoting Bob La Quey as of Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:29:12AM -0700: > 2008/4/18 Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > > Well, sure, if nobody ever trimmed. > > > > Those of us who don't like top-posted replies also don't like people who > > refuse to trim the quoted messages down to the relevant parts. > > Agreed.
Failure to trim is the larger sin. One of the advantage of interleaved replies is that it *encourages* trimming. If I have to look at a bunch of someone else's text on the screen, I'm far more likely to excise the quoted text to make room for *my* (always) brilliant and inspiring words. > There is another group that always top posts. They also never trim but it > does not matter > as much. These are the "just one line" mobile phone/Blackberry people for > whom messaging (not just email) is simply "Meet me at Harry's in one hour." > for whom most responses are "OK," "No," or a longwinded "At Harrys?" My phone's SMS facilities do not include a means of automatic quoting at all. Generally, this means that no quoting whatsoever is done (by me). (I'm starting to try to use templates, since scrolling thru my text messages demonstrates that a great many of my text messages I send are almost all inane: "I'm home", "Enroute", "I'm here", "Your ETA?", etc.) > They occasionally visit conventional email groups and the habits persist. That's almost excusable. :) > I prefer interleved post on long messages, top post for short ones, but try > to almost always use the same style with a particular group of people. > > "When in Rome ..." ...throw christians to the lions? ...kill 1 in 10 people? ...build roads? ...stab heads of state? -- Oh, look, what a nice kitty-kat! Stewart "Meow" Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
