> >If this is a mailing list: DO NOT TOP POST! why?: > >http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html > > If you're advocating not top-posting due to [n]etiquette, how can you not > advocate trimming replies, when it's IMHO just as important for good > [n]etiquette?
Not to mention that what he linked to mentions several times not to include the entire original text in a reply. Let's count: 1: In addition to bottom-posting, it is customary to leave out non-relevant parts of the message with regard to the reply, and to put the reply directly beneath the quoted relevant parts. 2: If you are sending a reply to a message or a posting be sure you summarize the original at the top of the message, or include just enough text of the original to give a context. 3: But do not include the entire original! 4: To prevent hideously long posts with a minimal account of new text, it is good Usenet practice to remove the non-relevant parts and optionally summarize the relevant parts of the original post, with regard to one's reply. 5: We think that one should be proud of one's post, that is it contains relevant content, well-formed sentences and no irrelevant 'bullsh*t', before uploading to your newsserver. So there you have it, it is listed 5 times that one should not include all the text. Eric Stout -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
