On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Nadeem M. Khan <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > Hello folks, > > No matter how hard we try to discourage top-posting, members still > indulge in it I believe because they are unaware of the procedure to > properly bottom-post. I see some members don't even remove the yahoo > advertisement at the end of the email while replying. > > I have decided to create a video tutorial to demonstrate proper > bottom-posting. The question is, where do I upload it so all members > can see it? YouTube is a good option, but do all members have enough > bandwidth to watch the video without extensive buffering? Any other > option? Please suggest. > > Also, two months after the video is made available, mails with > top-posting will simply be rejected. > > It's time we gave quality and discipline a serious thought. Note, > although proper grammar is encouraged, a good Linux admin cannot be > judged on the basis of his/her English skills so that will not be a > factor for rejecting emails. But the least you can do is run a spell > checker before hitting the send button. > Right. But most of the email clients as well as web mail clients provide a facility of "Spell Checker". So people should use it. We can not avoid grammar mistakes but can avoid typographical errors at least. Subscribers can have a look at this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style . Generally inline posting or bottom posting is preferred on public mailing list to maintain flow of a conversation. > Regards, > NMK. > -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Learn to appreciate the beauty within... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
