Jay Blanchard wrote:

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could actually tell me a reason why it is better this way?
[/snip]

Here is the answer;

http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
Interesting. I like the general tone of "this is the only right thing, and we respect the opinion of anyone who differs, even though it makes them a blithering idiot." XD

Also, one of the examples amusingly states you need to "write down the address, delete the-" Hold on. Copy/paste, anyone? The line near the end is the best: "One day I accidentally sent a private, personal reply out over one of my own damn lists." Wherein it is once again proven that all 'logical, rational' decisions are merely subjective reactions to emotional trauma ,-).

Also read this;

http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
I've always been a fan of
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/emily-postnews/

myself.

However - it is clear, if nothing else in this thread is, that this is not likely to change anytime soon; that there are, in fact, valid technical and RFCish reasons for this being the case; that more importantly, the people who run the list are vehemently, if not rabidly, against the idea of arbitrarily screwing with message headers; and that this is not a position you can really find *too* much fault with, in the end. So can we stop flaming each other over mail practices and recommence flaming each other over dba practices instead?

:D

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Rob Munsch
Solutions For Progress IT


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