On 2007-01-19 15:21, Ceri Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text. My editor also positions the
Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top-posting defined simply ...
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in
Michael wrote:
Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top-posting defined simply ...
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on
On Saturday, 20 January 2007 at 20:55:54 -0800, Michael wrote:
Greg Albrecht wrote:
ps: there's no need to reiterate how 'hard' it is for you to have to
'scroll down' to read the original message in a reply, how is that any
different than me having to scroll down to read your reply?
I hadn't
On Thursday January 18, 2007 at 08:33:32 (PM) Jay Chandler wrote:
Murray Taylor wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What
Ted Mittelstaedt writes:
For example, you can hold a gun to someone's head and make them
sign a contract. The second you walk away they take the contract
to a court and bam, it's invalidated because they signed under
duress.
And if you look at recent court decisions, the definition
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:24:44PM -0800, Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top-posting defined simply ...
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text. My editor also positions the cursor at the very top when I
reply to a message. But
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:32:38AM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote:
Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether
I add it or not, and also the [EMAIL PROTECTED] stupid corporate disclaimer
also
(over which I have no control) sigh
Though you could presumably add an
On Friday January 19, 2007 at 10:21:24 (AM) Ceri Davies wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text. My editor also
Gerard Seibert wrote:
On Friday January 19, 2007 at 10:21:24 (AM) Ceri Davies wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text.
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
Top posting is only one issue. Others of great importance are
trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of
things that people should remove from replies.
Hmmm. While I can
In response to Tore Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
Top posting is only one issue. Others of great importance are
trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of
things that people
[heavily trimmed, subject line clarified, format breakage recovered]
On Thursday, 18 January 2007 at 16:31:41 +1100, Murray Taylor wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2007 11:48 AM, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote:
What if someone is emailing from a thread while I am replying at
the same time, would that
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top-posting defined simply ...
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
Unfortunately all
On 2007/01/18 14:24, Greg Albrecht seems to have typed:
threading of messages. this allows me to see each reply to a
message after the original message, in succession. i understand that
different people configure and use their email clients in different
ways, but why is there such a pandering
On 18/01/07, Peter A. Giessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2007/01/18 14:24, Greg Albrecht seems to have typed:
threading of messages. this allows me to see each reply to a
message after the original message, in succession. i understand that
different people configure and use their email
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:24:44PM -0800, Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top posting is only one issue. Others of great importance are
trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
not writing one-line paragraphs. Your
-Original Message-
From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 10:13 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: Dak Ghatikachalam; freebsd-questions
Subject: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
[heavily trimmed, subject line clarified
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top posting is only one issue. Others of great importance are
trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of
things that people should remove from
-Original Message-
From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top posting
Murray Taylor wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
[ snip much ado about mail etiquette and sigs and whatnot ]
I started using the lists from work years ago when I was
establishing the FreeBSD servers and it was easier to get
QA stuff done... Since then the weenies have come along
and changed out a perfectly servicable Postfix / Cyrus
On 1/19/07, Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have any of these disclaimers ever proven to be even the slightest bit
legally enforceable?
I mean, for God's sake, they're at the bottom of the message,
essentially telling you not to read the message you just read.
[...]
They *assume* that
- Original Message -
From: Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: freebsd-questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
Have any of these disclaimers ever proven to be even
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