What the heck was that??? (top-posted because there is no way to make sense of the quoted text)
On 2011-09-07 9:53 PM, Keith Bates <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/09/11 11:29, Don Myers wrote:Reply > below:On 09/07/2011 08:02 PM, NoOp wrote:For those that continue to > insist on top > posting on the LO lists: pleaseconsider bottom posting with > interspersed replies.Hi All,I will respect your wishes about posting at the > bottom. I live in > the US. I do a lot of work e-mails in my job, and receive a lot of > work e-mails. I never receive any e-mails where people reply to me > at the bottom. The reply is always at the top. I never understood > why Thunderbird had the default to reply at the bottom when > Thunderbird came out. It was backwards!!!!!! So I have always > changed the default on every system I've installed it on. Maybe > there are different customs in different countries.DonIt's not a point > about national customs. It's about the way we read > mailing lists.If you are in a one-to-one conversation then you will know > the > context of the conversation and more importantly you will remember > what you said to that person last time.In that case top posting > works often,although you may still have to re-quote parts of the > previous conversation to make it clear what is being talked about or > the points you are responding to.In a mailing list where there are > multiple conversations frommultiple people all happening simultaneously, it > is a lot easier for > all concerned if replies are interspersed in the body of the > previous email or at the bottom so that new readers can pick up the > context of the conversation. Also for people who come across the > archived version looking to solve a problem several months later, it > is much easier if you can follow the logical flow by scrolling down > through the various discussions.We've had this discussion multiple times > on this and previously on > the OO list.I'm with NoOp on this but I know that there are people who > insist on > their right to top post.-- > God bless you > > > > > Keith Bates > > > 4 Mooloobar St > Narrabri 2390 > > > Ask Jesus into your life > He is The Way, The Truth and The Life -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
