Sacha Chua wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:46:37PM +0800, Paolo wrote:
>
> > bai, please read the next few lines.
> > when replying to a long post, place your replies in the first few lines
> > and please edit before you send mail.
>
> That's really a personal thing - unless PLUG has a quoting convention I've been
>disregarding for a while now... ;)
>
Personally, I go for replying at the bottom so the person can get the
gist of the previous post.
This however means one has to edit each mail so the reader does not have
to go through the whole chain of posts again.
What I like about it is that, if properly done, it does end up exactly
like your own preferences.
I just said what I sent because some of the veterans have sent reminders
contrary to what I normally use.
So since I was sending a reminder, I went for the de facto, (or at least
I thought it was).
> I usually go for conversation-style - quote, reply, quote, reply, quote, reply. I
>feel this is more coherent then reply reply reply quote quote quote. <laugh> I think
>that having a couple of lines of quoted text allows people to quickly see what the
>message is about, as subject lines are too often unhelpful. ;) Likewise, being able
>to see reply text right away lets people see if this message is worth reading to the
>end. <laugh>
>
That is precisely what I prefer.
> I was thinking of going back to BBS-style quoting:
> SC> yadayadayada
> FOO> foofoofoo
> or something like that, since it makes attributions easier. But it'll screw up way
>too many email clients, and it's much easier to check back and see who said
>something. =)
>
Not having ever been into BBS, I wouldn't really know.
> Is there any chance PLUG will be adopting a quoting guideline. It might not be used
>all the time, but it can help newbies (and oldbies! ;) ) develop good habits.
>
I thought something like a list reminder was being worked on, though I
haven't heard about it lately.
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