Hello Joseph! On Saturday, June 8, 2002 at 6:47:01 AM you wrote:
> As for where the quoted material belongs, I think that depends in part > on the context and in part on the purpose. In newsgroups, posting > one's follow-up above the quoted material is considered extremely bad > form, for reasons which escape me but which are clearly part of the > Usenet culture. Nothing to do with your use of the word "culture" it's simply a matter of clarity and bandwith. First of all one tends to quote whole messages if the quoting is below what one writes (you are guilty here). Second, the form <quote> <answer> <quote> <answer> helps a lot for clarity as question/claim and answer/re-claim follow as in a normal conversation. As much as I respect and like your comments - extremely helpful, even when we don't agree - I dislike your e-mail's form. Hope that cleared up why the preferred form for Usenet and these lists developed; it's historic and logical, developed by people actually working with e-mail for a long time. -- Dierk Haasis http://www.Write4U.de http://Interest.Write4U.de/pongo PGP keys available: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=SendMyPGPkeys The Bat 1.60q on Windows 95 4.0 1212 C Alle wollen nur mein Bestes, aber genau das will ich behalten. (Aleks Papst) ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60q 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
