> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikkel > L. Ellertson > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [newbie] OT or not OT - 5. List Etiquette > > Albert Charron wrote: > > > > > > When I read this list, I'm most of the time at the office, > using the > > Evil Software. When replying to a message, this software > isn't aware > > of the possibility not to top post, so I often forget to do it > > manually (shame on me, I know). When replying to the list, > I obviously hit "send" to fast... > > And I say "oups... The top post rule... Again"... > > > > Also, all the mailing lists I'm on right now (about 15) > have their own > > rules (hard to remember all those different rules, but this is the > > only one "forcing" users to write the answer at the end of > the post. > > Personnaly, I prefer the top post (faster to find the answer to a > > question), but I have to admit it's easyer to follow thread > with the way this mailing list is doing. > > > > A way to answer that is completely unclear to me, is > answering within > > the original post (hard to see where the answers are)... > > Nobody is "forcing" users to bottom post. Just as no one is > forcing them to post in plain text and not html. But if you > want to maximize your chance of getting a helpfull responce, > is is a good idea to follow list etiquette. The choice is yours... > > When the origional post asks several questions, or makes > several points, it is often clearer to answer each point > directly after the point. Now, if each point is going to be a > long answer, then it is ofter better to break each point into > a seperate message thread. > > The messages I find hardest to follow are the ones that have > both top and bottom posts. If I answer one of them, and I am > responding to the top post, I delete everything after the top > post. But I usualy just ignore messages like that as being > too much work to try follow. > > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art > crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > >
Well... "forcing" was a big word... (English isn't my main language, so sometimes, my wording may be wrong). I should have say "requesting". And like I said, I try to follow the rules... But sometimes I only forget... I know for sure I never post HTML here (I've set up the e-mail address of the list as "text e-mail only"), but for the bottom posting, it's something I have to get use with.
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