Hi Allie, On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, at 22:26:25 [GMT -0500] (04:26 where I live) you wrote:
ACM> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ACM> Adam Rykala [AR] wrote: AR>> However the convention for bottom posting for email is a very lon gestablished AR>> one, and one that MS had no compunction about breaking... AR>> The key to successful bottom posting is quoting, snipping what is AR>> extraneous and only including the relevant. ACM> Would you kindly review this message you sent then? ACM> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ACM> *All* of the original message has been quoted, including the list ACM> footers! And you will notice that was a one-off caused by a lack of sig delimiter, and the early hour where I failed to notice. I made one mistake, I don't see a need for someone to get shirty with me. I was just trying to point out the etiquette of email. Of course, if that is the way people want to play..... AR>> Reading a top posted email is like trying to have an argument with AR>> a clairvoyant...... ACM> I don't see the difference in the amount of clairvoyance required for ACM> either forms of quoting. A: Because it ruins the joke. Q: Why does the punchline come last? ACM> Please note that you're a member of a moderated discussion list with ACM> rules based on what makes most of the membership comfortable with ACM> posts and their content. One of them is formatting. We don't encourage ACM> top or bottom replying here since most here do not like it. You should ACM> post in a format that most of your recipients will prefer. SO what you are saying is that i should alter my posting to top and or bottom depending on who I am replying too? Come on Allie, that means that whole threads turn into a mish mash. Top or bottom, come off the fence. -- 04 August 2002, 04:29 [ Adam Rykala : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] [ [new-wales] project : www.new-wales.net ] [ Public key : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] Sometimes the squeaky wheel doesn't get the grease, it just gets replaced. All messages both into and out of this account have been scanned with AntiVir's Antivirus Mail Gateway for Linux. However, all attachments should be scanned also with a virus checker at the receiver's end to ensure that the files are clean and free of virus infection. All messages are for the attention of the recipient only. ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.61 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://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
