-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Daniel,
@19-Aug-2002, 16:22 -0400 (21:22 UK time) Daniel Grunberg [DG] in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to ETM: DG> Thanks very much Elaine. ... <snip> >> ________________________________________________________ >> Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: >> http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html <moderator> All for the sake of a thoughtlessly formatted four word reply you've earned yourself a trouting :-). <stock lecture> You're using the "top posting" reply format, one that I find awful (but I'm feeling more like Canute by the day on that score). It is called "top posting" which means that you let the quotes appear at the bottom and type your reply at the top. I have many reasons to prefer the "in-line quoting" method: o It is hard to follow points raised and counterpoints made when they are not interspersed. You have to go from top to bottom to top again to review the context. o Following on from that, as you go through the quotes interspersing your replies and clipping the "fluff", you actually ensure that all points raised and questions asked are covered. o The message format becomes a lot more conversational. o Rather than growing exponentially with each reply in a thread, the message size is kept reasonable and to the point - if the back-reference is that important, surely it's on file! o Responses have immediate context rather than being a bolt out of the blue at the top of a message making you scroll down to re-read the original - not an easy task when it's in the light grey italics I happen to use to show signatures ;-). I know there are some instances where top-quoting is necessary - particularly in dealing with a technical support department where an issue may be passed around from person to person and the entire message chain needs to be kept live. I actually have a special template I use for such occasions. At all other times, I will still champion the cause of conversational email! :-). </stock lecture> As a result of top posting, your message includes all signatures and previous list footers of the message you are replying to - another no-no and this one is against the list rules. Please trim your replies. </moderator> - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.61 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 6.5.8ckt build 09 beta 3 iQA/AwUBPWFYvDnkJKuSnc2gEQIdYACeJ+Wqh5jLkiCo+wbr65pysCzIcsAAn2Bj iWbe1cqGTF+YLPRuMkblJHE6 =uoMT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
