A Nothing like 3 pages of
A quotes followed by a reply that reads something like
A Right :-)
You got that right!
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MAU wrote in
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I fully agree with you and do the same. Messages in lists like this one
can be viewed as threads, why quote then?
Well, for example, I can't tell quite what you just fully agreed with.
I purge my TBUDL folder when I leave it, and the antecedent of your
post
Hi,
MLC Does TB! have no way to suppress quoted text?
Delete the %QUOTES macro from your reply template.
E I think he is after suppressing quoted text in posts
E received. I also very much dislike going through quoted
E messaging to get to the response. I usually read in real
E time,
Hello Allie,
One has to chose a point of compromise.
I agree and that is what I usually do. Or don't I? :)
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Hello Michael,
I fully agree with you and do the same. Messages in lists like this one
can be viewed as threads, why quote then?
Well, for example, I can't tell quite what you just fully agreed with.
Yes, no quoting at all is probably no good if not everybody is viewing
threads.
I purge
MAU wrote in
mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I purge my TBUDL folder when I leave it, and the antecedent of your
post is gone;
Then mid: links are of no use to you, correct? :)
Sometimes they are useful to me, if I've gone a while without catching
up and purging. But for the most part, they don't
Wayne King, [WK] wrote:
WK In the latter case, it very much annoys me to have to scroll
WK down past the quoted text to read the response.
This annoyance leads one to trim when not top posting, another vital
rule for discussion lists, i.e., no overquoting. :)
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Allen wrote:
Even if all that is irrelevant, there is some value in a strictly inforced
'my way or the highway' approach--if there were conditions on when top
posting was and was not accepted, it would be near impossible to enforce
any sort of quoting policy--since it would all,
Wayne King wrote in
mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
In the latter case, it very much annoys me to have to scroll down
past the quoted text to read the response. One especially annoying
example was a message in this list that I just read. I had to scroll
down below quoted text only to find a thank you
Hallo Michael,
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:31:52 -0500GMT (1-6-04, 17:31 +0200, where I
live), you wrote:
MLC Does TB! have no way to suppress quoted text? I don't see it, but I'm
MLC bad at finding features I'm not already using, and I'm also using an
Not really, but I suppose you could alter the
Hi Michael,
on Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:31:52 -0500GMT, you wrote:
MLC Does TB! have no way to suppress quoted text? I don't see it, but I'm
MLC bad at finding features I'm not already using, and I'm also using an
MLC old version of TB!
Delete the %QUOTES macro from your reply template.
MLC
MLC Does TB! have no way to suppress quoted text?
Delete the %QUOTES macro from your reply template.
I think he is after suppressing quoted text in posts
received. I also very much dislike going through quoted
messaging to get to the response. I usually read in real
time, remember the
Hello ETM,
I fully agree with you and do the same. Messages in lists like this one
can be viewed as threads, why quote then?
I usually read messages in the preview pane. If the height of the pane is
full with quoted text (i.e. I have to scroll down to find the first line of
the response) I
I usually read messages in the preview pane. If the height
of the pane is full with quoted text (i.e. I have to
scroll down to find the first line of the response) I
usually just skip that message.
I also read in preview pane making top quoting very
unpleasant and usually qualifying it for an
Hello ETM,
unread throwaway.
Hmmm, unread throwaway. I like that term :)
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Miguel Urech, [MU] wrote:
MU I fully agree with you and do the same. Messages in lists like
MU this one can be viewed as threads, why quote then?
Giving no information about the message you're replying to is
unacceptable and assumes that all readers thread their messages. This
actually annoys me
Hi Allen,
Tuesday, June 1, 2004, 7:37:29 AM, you wrote:
A Even if all that is irrelevant, there is some value in a strictly inforced
A 'my way or the highway' approach--if there were conditions on when top
A posting was and was not accepted, it would be near impossible to enforce
A any
Hello Allie,
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:28:28 -0500 GMT (02/06/2004, 08:28 +0700 GMT),
Allie Martin wrote:
MU I fully agree with you and do the same. Messages in lists like
MU this one can be viewed as threads, why quote then?
AM Giving no information about the message you're replying to is
AM
Peter Meyns wrote:
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
I'm copying this over to TBOT to move discussion there.
I'm curious about the logic of the above point from Peter's tag line
(which I agree with) and applying the same logic to
ken green wrote:
One thing that threw a wrench in the workings of my perception on this
was the idea of a physical Inbox, and realizing that new messages at
top more closely resembles a real-world Inbox.
We do it that way since we can't really do any better when managing and
organising physical
Hi ken,
On Mon, 31 May 2004, at 11:05:24 [GMT -0500] (which was 10:05 AM where
I live) you wrote:
kg I'm curious about the logic of the above point from Peter's tag
kg line (which I agree with) and applying the same logic to message
kg list view.
On folders where I view threads (mainly lists),
Allie Martin wrote:
We do it that way since we can't really do any better when managing and
organising physical objects which is what snail mail is about.
Electronic data offers a lot more flexibility and ease with organizing
without presenting practical difficulties.
To be clear, I wasn't
Hello Ken,
Monday, May 31, 2004, 6:05:24 PM, you wrote:
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
kg It would seem that if logical flow of conversation is a main
kg argument for top-posting, a similar argument could be used for viewing
kg a
Hi Cyrille,
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, at 00:11:08 [GMT +0200] (which was 4:11 PM where I
live) you wrote:
C Did you ever have a look at the transmission protocols in the
C headers of email messages with this question in mind??? It is not
C exactly what you would call a logical flow... (-: It is a kind
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
kg I'm curious about the logic of the above point from Peter's tag line
kg (which I agree with) and applying the same logic to message list view.
kg Do the anti-top-posting crusaders (or even those that
Hi Wayne,
On Mon, 31 May 2004, at 21:54:21 [GMT -0600] (which was 9:54 PM where
I live) you wrote:
WK In the latter case, it very much annoys me to have to scroll down
WK past the quoted text to read the response. One especially annoying
WK example was a message in this list that I just read. I
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