On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Sriram Karra <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Raul <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The problem with this practice is neatly summed up by the following FAQ > > entry: > > > > A: No. > > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply? > > > > > The fallacy with that example is that no one has viewed the question > ("Should I include ....?") before the answer pops up. Whereas in real > mailing list conversations, the answer is always (99% of the cases at any > rate) 'below' the question in the temporal axis. > > There are many things to be said in favour of proper quoting and bottom > posting on publicly archived mailing lists, but using the above example to > "prove the point" is improper and misleading to say the least. http://deponti.livejournal.com/546183.html Thanks for letting me crystallize my thoughts about this! Deepa.
