-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mitja,
@14 May 2002, 12:30:19 +0200 (11:30 UK time) Mitja Perko wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can also try free SpamWeasel. Very nice program. <moderator> Please trim your quotes to simply provide context for your replies. This message was a good example of "over quoting". Thank you. </moderator> I will say this once again, since I was argued with the last time and the problem persists: One major cause of over-quoting is "top quoting" - typing your reply at the top of a message. IMO this is a) lazy and b) 80% of exponents of this method of reply leave the original quoted text unadulterated below their sign off. Top quoting creates non-conversational, hard to follow responses. There's no rule against it, but I'd like to discourage it as a bad habit. *Much* better is the format: ___________________________________________________________________ > .. specific question snipped from original ... Your answer >> ... Someone else's trimmed point ... > issue raised Your comment. ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ This makes replies *so* much more legible and conversations suddenly make sense. Here's what your reply *should* have looked like: ___________________________________________________________________ (reply pre-amble) > ... I used spam-killer for a while and it was quite effective. You can also try free SpamWeasel. Very nice program. (signature) ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Much tidier. This point is not really for debate or defensive rebuff - more for quiet consideration in the privacy of your own Inbox. The exponents of top-quoting have had their say and the bad habits that arise from that method persist. I'd like to see messages on this list follow higher standards of legibility and consideration. Thanks for listening. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D. Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.60k-14F4B4B2 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 · -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE84PDQOeQkq5KdzaARAu6AAKC0Pin+ccpWj9F2324mId0tw00M2QCgpY+3 euzxvuk785zUe3AUB5gnO+U= =Kq6k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
