Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-09-02 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Amanda Ward wrote: On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, dorayme wrote: Date: Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:43 pm From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :) Lister to lister. The LEM

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-09-02 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Amanda Ward amanda.w...@comcast.netwrote: On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, dorayme wrote: Date: Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:43 pm From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication.

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-09-01 Thread Amanda Ward
On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:33 PM, dorayme wrote: Date: Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:43 pm From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :) Lister to lister. The LEM tradition of community.

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-09-01 Thread Michael J. Amato
Let's cut out the stereotyping! It's nasty and insulting and it's wasting the time of this site which is trying to be helpful... Indifference is a weapon of mass destruction. Michael J. Amato can...@comcast.net On Sep 1, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Amanda Ward wrote: Well, I think

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread Dan
At 8:53 AM -0700 8/31/2009, John Niven wrote: Dan, Somebody made you the God of posting etiquette? Hey, I said please. No need to get nasty. Trim? Sure I did that. Bottom post? Only for people who want to re-read everything. Feel free to post however you like. Just be aware that the folx

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:53 AM, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: Dan, Somebody made you the God of posting etiquette? Trim? Sure I did that. Bottom post? Only for people who want to re-read everything. First you trim. AND then you bottom post. Or do you respond to a friend's

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread nestamicky
On 8/31/2009 10:42 AM, Dan wrote: Bottom post? Only for people who want to re-read everything. That's not true. When you look at the structure of a bottom post, you'd see that it gives an idea, especially if it's trimmed, of what the heck is being discussed. Get yourself Thunderbird, it

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread John Callahan
On Aug 31, 2009, at 3:20 PM, nestamicky wrote: That's not true. When you look at the structure of a bottom post, you'd see that it gives an idea, especially if it's trimmed, of what the heck is being discussed. Get yourself Thunderbird, it gives the option of a easy trimming.

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread John Niven
Such trimming also works on Entourage (which I use for business) also but that's not the point, or rather trimming was never the issue. The requirement for bottom posting was. It is NOT mentioned as a requirement in the the netiquette rules, and in my experience is not usual practice in

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :) Lister to lister. The LEM tradition of community. Adrian --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread DAN A CURRIE
Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :) Lister to lister. The LEM tradition of community. Adrian Can I get an AMEN?! Dan II

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread Arnel Tuazon
On 31/08/09 11:53 AM, John Niven sense...@yahoo.com wrote: Dan, Somebody made you the God of posting etiquette? Trim? Sure I did that. Bottom post? Only for people who want to re-read everything. Man are we on this topic again?! I thought the last time postiquette came up as a topic

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread Dan
At 1:52 PM -0700 8/31/2009, John Niven wrote: in my experience [bottom posting] is not usual practice in business emails. These aren't business or chat / conversational messages. There are specific issue-based technical support threads. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA,

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 1:52 pm -0700 8/31/09, John Niven wrote: Such trimming also works on Entourage (which I use for business) also but that's not the point, or rather trimming was never the issue. The requirement for bottom posting was. It is NOT mentioned as a requirement in the the netiquette

Re: Posting etiquette?

2009-08-31 Thread dorayme
Date: Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:43 pm From: Wallace Adrian D'Alessio There's no arm twisting being done here. We're just clearing the path to effective communication. Talking it over as friends. :) Lister to lister. The LEM tradition of community. Well, I think we need a new addition to