On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:23:25 -0700, you wrote:
Heck, I didn't know any better - every email I've ever seen has the old
email on bottom. I guess I missed that net-etiquette class at the Uni. I
always start at the top and when I reply to several things, I reply below
each point - I guess I use
Darren Garrison wrote:
Top posting is generally looked on rather negatively.
I never thought about there being any existing protocol (i.e., my
ignorance),
but I use Netscape for mail and have for about eight years. In Netscape, top
posting is the default setting for replies. I just used it
Sterling and list,
I actually think it is better to have the most recent
message at the top as the most pertinent information
for that post would be what you see first. If you
didn't see the earlier posts then you can scroll down
to read them.
Thomas H. Webb
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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:15 AM
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Sterling and list,
I actually think it is better to have the most recent
message at the top as the most pertinent information
I've never seen this subject come up here. I think it's because there are so
many more interesting subjects and an abundance of info. to distract from such
a meaningless topic. Who cares?
Bill
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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:36 AM
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I've never seen this subject come up here. I think it's because there are
so many more interesting subjects and an abundance of info. to distract from
such a meaningless topic. Who
- Original Message - From: Thomas Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:15 AM
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Sterling and list,
I actually think it is better to have the most
Sterling and list,
I've been using Eudora in one of it's varied forms as my email program for
going on ten years. Like Netscape, the reply default for Eudora is the top
of the page. Personally, I like the top posting replies so I don't have to
scroll down through all previous posts to read
Hi Mark and all,
I think my point at the near beginning of this thread, (just using you
as example for the others and not putting anyone down here) was if I
quote you with what you have to say, then you quote me along with what I
have to say and someone else comes in and quotes the whole mess
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:32:24 -0700, you wrote:
information. Then you have the pain of scrolling down... It doesn't matter
What kind of mice do all of you use? I ask because I see so many mentions of
the pain of
scrolling. I would think, though, that all but the very cheapest mice today
Perhaps this link will help:
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/how_to_write_effective_mailing_list_email/
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Darren wrote:
snip I see so many mentions of the pain of scrolling.
snip The work of a fraction of a second.
I think the problem is when you have 3 or dozens of previous
messages attached above the bottom post. Not the fault of the
bottom post - just poor editing in general.
Mark wrote:
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Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 16:38:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Please edit messages
Hi Ron and all,
I agree with you on hitting the reply button and sending it all. I tend
to use old information only
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:07:09 -0800, you wrote:
All,
Al has provided a perfect example. Put your response FIRST, followed by the
edited post.
Most of us follow the conversation, so we've read the previous post. Most
annoying to have to scroll thru a previously read post just to read a one
line
Darren,
Why?
glenmore
From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:22:11 -0500
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Please edit messages
Top posting is generally looked on rather negatively
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 19:36:13 -0800, you wrote:
From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 22:22:11 -0500
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Please edit messages
Top posting is generally looked on rather
Darren Garrison wrote:
I don't know about the long-term etiquitte on this mailing list (as I haven't
subscribed for very
long) but I have been on Usenet newsgroups for going on a decade now. And in
Usenet, militant
top-posters go in my killfile.
The etiquette of this list is poor -- and it's
Dear Darren and Jonathan;
That is the real gold in the list, sifting through the ore to find the
gold, no one likes a lazy miner!!
DF
Jonathan Gore wrote:
Darren Garrison wrote:
I don't know about the long-term etiquitte on this mailing list (as I
haven't subscribed for very
long) but I have
David Freeman wrote:
Dear Darren and Jonathan;
That is the real gold in the list, sifting through the ore to find the
gold, no one likes a lazy miner!!
Yeah, trying to find the gold can be much more gratifying than the gold
itself. (Hint, hint about James Knudson's recent posts.)
Dear Ron;
Welcome to the list! Although you have a brilliant idea, don't expect
to change much here.
What you see is what you get mostly.
It would be appropriate if you put us up some directions to editing, as
I for one never completed editing 101 and can not cut and paste the
specific lines
Hi Ron and all,
I agree with you on hitting the reply button and sending it all. I tend
to use old information only when I think it is relevant to the post I
make and to keep people from having to search and read what I am
replying to on a message. I have cut the parts of your message that are
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