On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Dean Landolt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Well, top posting is quite annoying when you're trying to view the thread >> linearly. Imagine if on a forum someone kept finding a way of posting before >> the original author way back on page one. >> >> Anyway, in Gmail it's pretty easy to avoid. When you do a replay just page >> down to after the person to whom your replying and type your message there. >> It's a simple thing to do and it makes everything really easy to read for >> everyone. Maybe those who find it most annoying should just put something in >> their signature about it? >> >> It's rude to do it, but if someone doesn't know about it they shouldn't be >> made to feel like they are an idiot and shouldn't be posting to the list. >> > > Agreed. But of the dozens of active mailing lists I'm subscribed to, this > is the only one with such continued public shamings on it. I remember when I > first starting posting to the python forums I got a few friendly private > messages about top posting and haven't done it (consiously) since. Of course > sigs could also be a good solution. > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > I think the most important part is just to give someone a fair warning about it. I'm new to mailing lists, and someone kindly explained top-posting to me, and now I try not to do it. If people do it repetitively, then I can see how it would be aggravating, but otherwise, try a friendly message to clue the offender in. -- - Mike
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