Matt Wozniski wrote:
>>> I simply pressed <Reply> and typed my reply. I can
>>> understand your annoyance but the most annoying thing on the
>>> Internet is not replying at the *top* of an email, it is
>>> rude people.
>>
>> Couldn't agree more jeff
>
> Regardless of your personal feelings, it is a list policy.
> Few things are ruder than refusing to follow the carefully
> planned policy of a mailing list read by thousands of people,
> despite being gently reminded of it.

For the non-believers, Matt is correct:
http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/web/vim-information

I'm pretty sure this list does not want a discussion on whether
it might be better to use emacs, nor do we want to discuss
whether top-posting might be good. So I ask doubters to just
believe that the above is the list policy.

It's been a while since I've posted my pleas for people to
follow list guidelines because it is annoying for readers, and
annoying to me. With more encouragement (say a weekly "I agree"
to show that it's not just my POV), I could resume.

In this particular case, I'm happy to accept a fair bit of
idiosyncratic behaviour from a person who has made significant
community contributions via plugins. But we could be a bit more
heavy with casual visitors. I suspect Bram might not favour a
"three strikes and you're out" rule, but despite the recent
avalanche of the quick-clickers we probably are not yet at the
stage of banning people. It might not hurt to occasionally point
out that the list DOES have a policy, and COULD decline to
receive messages from repeat offenders.

John


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