On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 02:13:12PM +0100, jpff wrote: > Just to add to the numbers, I very much prefer sensible -- sorry -- top > posting. have been doing so for many years(*).
I have been using computers for not that long, however have been using Usenet and mailinglists pretty intence and I prefere inline and if not bottomposting. I do not even answer topposters. > I hate having to read > pages of quoted text that I have already seen just to get the one line > addition. That is where inline posting comes in and also snipping irrelevant parts. Also understand that you are on a mailinglist and not in personal mail, so it is very well possible that somebody has not read everything. So deleting everything is also very rude as it might not always be clear what or who you answer to. > ==John ffitch > (*) Been using computer mail for 39 years Then you will be aware of the moments where 7 people eamil each other and suddenly decide that you should be in on it as well. Ye need to scroll down 25 pages and find the text between several company-disclaimers what is said and what you should answer to the question "What do you think of this?" With mailinglists it is the same. Each moment people start reading in the middle of a thread, because they just got the time now or are interested in the subject, or whatever reason. I also am unable to remember each and every posting I read in the last few days. I follow several newsgroups as well (although not as intence as I used to) and mailinglists, so it is always good to be rememberd what a person reacts to. houghi -- To have a nice mailinglist experience, follow the guidelines below: > Please do not toppost. Please turn off HTML > Read http://en.opensuse.org/Opensuse_mailing_list_netiquette > Read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
