Sorry, >From this netiquette; http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:05 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I do saw one, but nobody seems to unsubscribe(at least that I know) > because it's the only software that actively being used. And the > developer,is very quick in responding to emails. Nevertheless we just > follow his style. > > Seems that bottom-posting being used by techie ppl & top-post by corporate > ones. > > As here; > > " DO NOT TOP-POST and DO trim your replies!!! Top-posting is the > annoying practice of replying to a message by typing your response > above that to which you are responding. This is a Bad Thing™ because > your readers will have to scroll down and extract the essential of the > existing thread in order to grasp the context of your reply, and then > scroll back up again to read your repl" > > > However I'm not necessarily agree with this since if we're practicing > "bottom posting", we still need to read the quote, unless if it was > trimmed. But, top posting seems no different. > > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan > <[email protected]> wrote: >> This point is much more important, as quoted from the FreeBSD-chat mailing >> list. >> >> ----- >> >> 1. While top-posting is bad in the mailing list context, it is often >> necessary in the corporate context. It took me a while to >> appreciate this, but it's much easier for a secretary or a customer >> support person to look through the bottom of an email for *all* >> related correspondence than to dig through (possibly weeks-old or >> months-old) email. You may have quoted what *you* think is >> "relevant", but maybe you unknowingly omitted something important, >> or maybe you didn't but the reader wants to be sure of that too. >> If you quoted everything, you may as well top-post, rather than >> force your reader to wade through pages of old stuff before getting >> to your point. >> >> Most people are used to email in the corporate context and thus >> used to top-posting. >> >> ----- >> >> If you have worked in corporate environment (even if you are an Open Source >> company), you will appreciate that the trail from the reply of top-posted >> email, will help you to track the communication that has happen previously, >> very easily. >> >> I have never seen any Open Source mailing list to scold their user for top >> posting. If they do, they will lose their user very fast. Too picky, and too >> controlling. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:48 PM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting >>> >>> "Partially because of Microsoft's influence, top-posting is very >>> common on mailing lists and in personal e-mail" >>> >>> 0_0 >>> >>> It is my concern since there's mailing list outside (not .MY) who's >>> the moderator is VERY CONCERN about top-bottom posting so, >>> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2004-August/002565.html >>> >>> "while top-posting is annoying for old-timers on >>> technical mailing lists, it's unfair to bash newcomers for it or to >>> write "Top posters will not be shown the honor of a reply"" >>> >>> >>> We don't want such thing to happens. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > but you replied at top? >>> > >>> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:38 PM, saiful <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> like bottom >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:33 PM, [email protected] >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> >>> I've hard time to use bottom posting especially when I use bottom >>> >>> posting but people replied with top posting, so the practice is kinda >>> >>> of useless. >>> >>> Which one you prefer, and should we enforce bottom posting here in >>> >>> OWASP-MY? >>> >>> Or reply as you wish. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >>> >>> >>> >>> OWASP Malaysia Wiki >>> >>> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >>> >>> >>> >>> OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> "When there are Thousand of People go against you and only one at your >>> >> side, trust me, I'm the one - akusaiful". >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >>> >> [email protected] >>> >> https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >>> >> >>> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki >>> >> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >>> >> >>> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >>> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >>> > >>> > OWASP Malaysia Wiki >>> > http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >>> > >>> > OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >>> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >>> >>> OWASP Malaysia Wiki >>> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >>> >>> OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >> >> >> >> -- >> Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Owasp-Malaysia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia >> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki >> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia >> >> OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420 >> > _______________________________________________ Owasp-Malaysia mailing list [email protected] https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Malaysia OWASP Malaysia Wiki Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/OWASP-Malaysia-Local-Chapter/295989208420
