On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:03 PM, steve <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/27/2010 12:53 AM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote: > > > > On 26-Jul-2010, at 11:16 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > >> I remember when BLUG was alive, there was a draconian policy of > moderating top > >> posters - I am ashamed to say that I was a lead nazi in that movement. > I > >> remember being moderated once because I did not trim under the post and > >> another time because I did not leave a blank line between the quoted > matter > >> and my reply. I had written a script to periodically scan the lists I > was > >> member of and calculate the percentage of top posts. We brought down > the blug > >> lists from about 70% to around 1-2%. I now only protest against top > posts when > >> they mess up the thread. I used to reformat the top posts when replying > - but > >> found it too much work and also the posters *still* did not understand. > So let > >> us continue with gentle persusasion. > > > > I can think why the BGLUG is no longer alive > > > > Well, if you were being sarcastic, let me dispel your assumption. It wasn't > due > to the draconian top posting policies. If you really want to know and if > someone > feels like narrating it, you might just get a history lesson about FOSS in > India, which IMHO, makes for a good movie script :) > > cheers, > - steve > > -- > random spiel: http://lonetwin.net/ > what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >
Frankly this top posting bottom posting stupidity should be history. Use an email client which can fold the text of old emails/thread properly and it would stop matter-ing. For me with gmail bottom posting is pain! I would rather top post as it is faster. When you really need to reply to something post inline. anyway -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
