Just my2c, this is the only list of many I'm subscribed that makes a so big deal from top/under-posting. Do not think that this is so not relevant ? The person before was claiming that top posters are just lazy jerks, but have he asked himself if he is not enough lazy to not scroll a mouse to where the content is ?
And really what is important is that the content has meaning. Of course if you can keep things up organized its way better, but in real world also things are not always organized, so you will have to leave with it. And lastly, also under-posting is someway very unpleasant because the e-mail readers usually show you the content from top to bottom, at least 90% of them. And this means that if you underpost a very long meassage then somebody needs to search where the actual answer is. Rgds Saxa On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Mathias Behrle <[email protected]> wrote: > * Betr.: " [tryton] Re: Netiquette and Top-post" (Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:54:16 > -0800 (PST)): > > Usually I don't take part in formal discussions. I am replying here, because I > don't want the project lose interested people by filtering posts based on > formal aspects. > >> On Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:44:26 AM UTC-7, Cédric Krier wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > It seems there is a lot of new comers on this mailing list. >> > So I want remind you the rules about posting on mailing list (netiquette). >> > >> > http://linux.sgms-centre.com/misc/netiquette.php >> > >> > Especially the top-posting rule which is the more annoying one. >> > >> > If someone continue to top-post, I will take my moderator right and put his >> > email address under moderation and only correct email will be accepted. >> > >> > >> > I'm glad you said this. I find myself frustrated to the point of just >> filtering top-posters to /dev/null and therefore categorically dismissing > > Wrong quotation level of the first line. > > <snip> > ...much text containing assumptions with respect to the objectives of a 'top > poster'... > </snip> > >> -- >> -- > > Double signature separator. > > Is it perhaps a little bit too harsh to point this way to other posters? > Please > take a look at your own post... > > > Please don't get me wrong: I am a usenet user since very long time and I know > about netiquette very well. And since I am usenet user I love RFCs. In this > case it is [1]. AFAIK top/bottom posting is/was never part of netiquette as > stated by RFCs. > > Before doing filtering based on other post properties than inappropriate > content I would like to emphasize on the following: > > - It is good bahavior to state the guidelines of a mailing list on the home > page of the mailing list. This is neither the case for tryton [2] nor for > tryton-dev [3]. > > - There was never a community process introducing discussion and voting about > the intended guidelines. AFAIS there exist different opinions. They should > be > discussed before taking decisions. > > Nevertheless I am grateful for each friendly hint to a readable style, which > in > discussion groups for me is correct citation and appropriate adding of own > text > below the citation. > > Just my 2¢, > Mathias > > [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 > [2] https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/tryton > [3] https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/tryton-dev > > -- > > Mathias Behrle > MBSolutions > Gilgenmatten 10 A > D-79114 Freiburg > > Tel: +49(761)471023 > Fax: +49(761)4770816 > http://m9s.biz > UStIdNr: DE 142009020 > PGP/GnuPG key availabable from any keyserver, ID: 0x8405BBF6 -- -- [email protected] mailing list
