Hello Ken! On Friday, October 10, 2003, 10:02 PM, you wrote:
MDP>> Usually a top post (what you are describing) does *not* use MDP>> quote prefixing and instead quotes the entire original message MDP>> below the signature in a format like this: <snip> k> ... Thankfully this list has picked one method (it's bottom, k> right?) No, it is "interlined." In a short reply, with only one relevant section quoted and the comment below, it looks like "bottom posting." But the method is more like conversation than it is like replying to a letter. When you get time, re-read the "Welcome" message. k> ... and sticks with it. ... That this list is 'strict' about its chosen k> method is a good thing, IMO. I think so, too. It's not about the individual subscriber's personal preference. It's about the entire community, and especially about the decisions of the moderators for the good of the community. I have friends, and one relative in particular, who want to correspond as if in a series of snail-mail letters, with the entire current series appended below, in a succession of top posts. I do this with them. It was the only way I knew, until I joined TBUDL. Like everyone who encounters TBUDL's way for the first time, I wanted to talk about it and argue about it. But I cooperated. Now, after almost a year, list protocol or not, it's my preferred way for e-mail correspondence. But as I said above, the list protocol is not about individual members' personal philosophies or ways of handling things or preferences. <snip> k> ... And I have TB Quick templates that can switch between top and k> bottom with a few keystrokes. I put my template in the AB address entry for my sister and those friends who use top posting--mostly people still with Outlook or Outlook Express, and a few (hold your nose) with Incredimail. :) I'm writing a little less concisely here than the ideal of the "Welcome" message, but the list is slow tonight. And I think, also, that my reply to you makes for an illustration of "interlined" posting. (I hope I'm using the right term, Marck, Leif, Allie.) There will always be new subscribers who need reminding and old ones, also, from time to time. But, as you noted, Ken, being consistent in format is a virtue here. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 1
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