Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-06 Thread Lester Caine
Tamara Temple wrote: And then, we have the case of a signature being 3 times as long as the reply Which is less of a problem if the email client correctly trims it! I can probably come up with a list of posts just to this list where a top poster has included several signatures several

[PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
outlook doesn't offer an option for that. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On 11-07-05 10:42 AM, Jim Giner wrote: outlook doesn't offer an option for that. I'm pretty sure it has a scrollbar on the side ;) Cheers, Rob. -- E-Mail Disclaimer: Information contained in this message and any attached documents is considered confidential and legally protected. This message

[PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
And besides - I'm sure there are PLENTY of people here who despise scrolling thru endless repeated paragraphs from a long list of posts just to get the the latest contribution to the topic.:) This newgroup may have its rules, but if bottom-posting was such a wise and preferred method, why

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Curtis Maurand
Jim Giner wrote: outlook doesn't offer an option for that. ctrl-END gets you to the bottom of a message.

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Stuart Dallas
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.comwrote: And besides - I'm sure there are PLENTY of people here who despise scrolling thru endless repeated paragraphs from a long list of posts just to get the the latest contribution to the topic.:) This newgroup may

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Paul M Foster
On Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 10:48:34AM -0400, Jim Giner wrote: And besides - I'm sure there are PLENTY of people here who despise scrolling thru endless repeated paragraphs from a long list of posts just to get the the latest contribution to the topic.:) This newgroup may have its rules,

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
not what he was asking for. Curtis Maurand cur...@maurand.com wrote in message news:4e7755d57a7a032c39e44598f3660ac7.squir...@www.xyonet.com... Jim Giner wrote: outlook doesn't offer an option for that. ctrl-END gets you to the bottom of a message. -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
Actually business user do subscribe to use Outlook as their client. It does not come with the OS, it is purchased on a per seat basis by every corporation using it in the form of a license. On the other hand Outlook Express is available as part of the os, or is easily obtained for free. It

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote in message If you're looking for a sane reason why Microsoft software is popular in the business world you're not going to find one. No - you missed my statement's point. Not looking for anything - just saying it is what it is. You won't find me

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Richard Quadling
On 5 July 2011 16:48, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com wrote: Let the new mantra be - Snip Your Posts! Consider your post snipped. OOI. If you use Google Mail, highlighting the part of the message you want to use and then clicking reply-all will embed only that part in the reply. --

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Stuart Dallas
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.comwrote: Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote in message If you're looking for a sane reason why Microsoft software is popular in the business world you're not going to find one. No - you missed my statement's point.

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Stuart Dallas
Again, please include the list when replying! On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.comwrote: ** if they weren't on the list, then how did they get involved in the first place? You don't need to be subscribed to post. I see the bottom posting lasted a

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote in message news:CAJgGj58OkZLiakMMo8qmuhg68BamYOi+TLNGyzze=iyppbj...@mail.gmail.com... Again, please include the list when replying! But don't include the poster's email if you're replying to the list! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Richard Quadling
On 5 July 2011 17:08, Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote: Again, please include the list when replying! On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.comwrote: ** if they weren't on the list, then how did they get involved in the first place? And Jim, your anti-spam

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Mike Mackintosh
On Jul 5, 2011, at 12:06, Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.comwrote: Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote in message If you're looking for a sane reason why Microsoft software is popular in the business world you're

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Stuart Dallas
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.comwrote: Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote in message news:CAJgGj58OkZLiakMMo8qmuhg68BamYOi+TLNGyzze=iyppbj...@mail.gmail.com... Again, please include the list when replying! But don't include the poster's email if

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Richard Quadling
On 5 July 2011 17:10, Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com wrote: Stuart Dallas stu...@3ft9.com wrote in message news:CAJgGj58OkZLiakMMo8qmuhg68BamYOi+TLNGyzze=iyppbj...@mail.gmail.com... Again, please include the list when replying! But don't include the poster's email if you're replying

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
If you resisted sending what amounts to a duplicate email to the posters who are 'on' the list, you wouldn't have to deal with spam filters. Don't understand the purpose of a reply all when in essence our replies are to the list wherein the topic originated. Those on the list will surely see

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
Richard Quadling rquadl...@gmail.com wrote in message news:CAKUjMCVbhbXO=ngr1lnzo-6fdahdj-r8hc73b-esotfqg+k...@mail.gmail.com... But that is what reply-all is about. Person A sends an message to List B. I reply-all and Person A and List B get replies. Hmm. A new level of complexity! A

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Lucas
On 7/5/2011 9:11 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: And Jim, your anti-spam measures are spamming me. So, I've blocked your anti-spam as spam. I noticed this the other day and I blocked him as well. Maybe this is why his mail server IP is listed as a source of spam...

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
It's certainly not spam - it's a spam filter offered by my ISP and works great. The mail you are getting from it is a query asking you to reply if you are real and once you do, you'll never get the request again. Jim Lucas li...@cmsws.com wrote in message news:4e134676.7090...@cmsws.com...

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Ashley Sheridan
Jim Giner jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com wrote: It's certainly not spam - it's a spam filter offered by my ISP and works great. The mail you are getting from it is a query asking you to reply if you are real and once you do, you'll never get the request again. Jim Lucas li...@cmsws.com wrote in

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Jim Giner
Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote in message news:21e916f2-2a1f-4982-bc4d-9a574da92...@email.android.com... I've seen fake messages do that before as a way of harvesting good live email addresses, so I regard all such messages spam now. oh, well... -- PHP General Mailing

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Tamara Temple
Business e-mail did not start with Outlook. Businesses have been using e-mail long before it even showed up as an option. The de jure standard on the Internet before that time, and before several other clients came about was either bottom posting or intermixed responses. This was true in

RE: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread admin
-Original Message- From: Jim Giner [mailto:jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 1:53 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote in message news:21e916f2-2a1f-4982-bc4d-9a574da92

RE: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Ashley Sheridan
On Tue, 2011-07-05 at 14:04 -0400, ad...@buskirkgraphics.com wrote: -Original Message- From: Jim Giner [mailto:jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 1:53 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting Ashley Sheridan

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Tamara Temple
On Jul 5, 2011, at 1:14 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote: Have you looked into using Evolution as an email client? It's what I use on Linux, and the last time I checked there were Windows binaries available for it. It connect to MS Exchange Server if that's what you use in the office, it's

[PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Jim Giner, Am 2011-07-05 10:48:34, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: And besides - I'm sure there are PLENTY of people here who despise scrolling thru endless repeated paragraphs from a long list of posts just to get the the latest contribution to the topic.:) This newgroup may

[PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello James Moe, Am 2011-07-05 11:12:03, hacktest Du folgendes herunter: I suspect one reason top posting is popular is that responders do not have to think about tidying up, just spit out a reply and move on. Replying to what if s/he does not scroll down to read the answer of the previous

Re: [PHP] Re: Top Posting

2011-07-05 Thread Tamara Temple
On Jul 5, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Imagine here a quoting of 200 lines and then a ME TOO! Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack -- # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ## Development of Intranet and Embedded