Thanks everyone. Learning has occurred. Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Gary Buckmaster<[email protected]> wrote: > David Rees wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:31 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Unfortunately Gmail top posts by default. So expecting bottom posting to >>> be >>> and to remain the default behavior may be an exercise in futility. >>> proper >>> ettiquite or not, some people just bang off replies and figure everything >>> is >>> a-ok. This being a reason, not an excuse. >>> >> >> Yes - bottom posting takes a bit of work. But on a high volume >> mailing list or if you receive a lot of mail, a little bit of context >> goes a LONG way. >> >> And while we're talking about it - Trim your messages, too! >> >> Only leave the relevant portion of the original email in the message - >> so that means trimming the list-footer off the message. >> >> Again - it takes a bit of work, but it really makes reading mailing >> lists a LOT easier. >> >> Try it for a bit - once you do, you'll realize how much better it is. >> >> -Dave >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org >> >> > > Can we please knock this crap off now? The 5 people in the world who care > about top posting have made their point, the 5 people in the world who think > that top posting is perfectly valid seem to be willing to abide by your > particular brand of netiquette naziism and the rest of the world is going to > continue to join this list, top post, bottom post, send emails with return > receipt requests, send emails entirely composed of HTML, reply to emails > belonging to other threads and generally do whatever they feel like doing. > If you really feel *this* strongly about mailing list etiquette perhaps now > would be a good time to re-examine your life. I think its safe to say that > the rest of us are tired of your spam. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
