Re: Mod: Top posting
Dear Adrian, @13-Mar-2017, 1:15 +0100 (13-Mar 11:41 here) Adrian Godfrey [AG] in mid:1338145988.20170313124...@ags.lu said: >> message and following it with all quoted text below, is not ... AG> Putting the NEW text before whatever is quoted is normal on 99% of AG> mailing lists. Much easier to read without having to AG> scroll past all the quotes to find ,--/ Here's the rule for THIS list: \-- e. If you reply to a list post: trim! Delete most of the original post except the important aspects. What we're getting at here is that you don't hit reply to a four paragraph question, type your response at the top and hit send. Try to cut out as much as possible while retaining the general gist of the original message. While we're here, this list frowns on the practice of 'top posting'. Please use in-line responses - it makes the whole experience more conversational: ~~~ } Someone makes this point.. [..snip] A reply is made with this response. }} A point made two messages back [..snip] } and this was said to make someone think Which leads to this summary. ~~~ Top posting turns conversations upside down and makes them hard to follow: ~~~ Terrible } How does it smell? }} My dog's got no nose. ~~~ `--\ End /-- AG> This is the ONLY list I am subscribed to that insists on bottom AG> posting. It does not. It disapproves both top and bottom posting as shown above. Please do not respond to moderator posts on list, although I welcome the opportunity to clarify the actual rules, so, thank you. :) -- Cheers -- Marck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v7.4.16 on Windows 10.0.14393 ' pgp1Q98EmRZHG.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Mod: Top posting
Dear Adrian, @13-Mar-2017, 1:15 +0100 (13-Mar 11:41 here) Adrian Godfrey [AG] in mid:1338145988.20170313124...@ags.lu said: >> message and following it with all quoted text below, is not ... AG> Putting the NEW text before whatever is quoted is normal on 99% of AG> mailing lists. Much easier to read without having to AG> scroll past all the quotes to find ,--/ Here's the rule for THIS list: \-- e. If you reply to a list post: trim! Delete most of the original post except the important aspects. What we're getting at here is that you don't hit reply to a four paragraph question, type your response at the top and hit send. Try to cut out as much as possible while retaining the general gist of the original message. While we're here, this list frowns on the practice of 'top posting'. Please use in-line responses - it makes the whole experience more conversational: ~~~ } Someone makes this point.. [..snip] A reply is made with this response. }} A point made two messages back [..snip] } and this was said to make someone think Which leads to this summary. ~~~ Top posting turns conversations upside down and makes them hard to follow: ~~~ Terrible } How does it smell? }} My dog's got no nose. ~~~ `--\ End /-- AG> This is the ONLY list I am subscribed to that insists on bottom AG> posting. It does not. It disapproves both top and bottom posting as shown above. Please do not respond to moderator posts on list, although I welcome the opportunity to clarify the actual rules, so, thank you. :) -- Cheers -- Marck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v7.4.16 on Windows 10.0.14393 ' pgpSfbBuUCG8j.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Mod: Top posting (was: Why sending a document makes it Read Only)
Monday, March 13, 2017, 10:28:03 AM, you wrote: > Top posting, i.e., typing all your reply text at the top of your > message and following it with all quoted text below, is not > encouraged and we actually request that you not do so on this list > because Putting the NEW text before whatever is quoted is normal on 99% of mailing lists. Much easier to read without having to scroll past all the quotes to find something new and even more so if multiple people reply. This is the ONLY list I am subscribed to that insists on bottom posting. Adrian Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
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Before I probably make a mess of it.. So I created at my new PC the same accounts in TB as at my old PC but not as POP3 but as IMAP. Question: Can I simply copy the message base files from my old PC to the configured local location of the new setup to see all saved mail there? Regards, Gunivortus Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Why sending a document makes it Read Only
Hello TBUDL@thebat., Monday, March 13, 2017, 5:38:43 PM, you wrote: WP> The file is not changed. When you open it from TB it is saved WP> temporarily and made readonly. It's a file attribute. WP> Am 13. März 2017 06:18:34 MEZ schrieb Paul Berger : >>Sending a Word document .docx seems to turn it into a Read Only >>document. >> >>Any idea why this happens? >> >> >>-- >> >> >>Paul >> >>- >> Using The Bat! v7.4.4 on Windows 7 >>6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1 >> >>...Some people hear voices, some see invisible people, >> others have no imagination whatsoever. >> >> >>--- >>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> >>Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: >>http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html Many thanks, Paul -- Paul - Using The Bat! v7.4.4 on Windows 7 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1 ...Random thought: "A computer is almost human - except that it doesn't blame its mistakes on another computer." --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html