I wasn't going to pipe in on this, but since it seems to be such a huge topic of importance...
Just FYI, the BlackBerry does not allow bottom posting. The device sends the new content only (and doesn't allow modification of the original content) and the BlackBerry Server re-fetches the original email from the server and appends it to the new message before delivery. This is done to save bandwidth and there is nothing that can be done about it from the user's or administrator's perspective. And... ... I send on this list using a BlackBerry. Regs, Derek Entered using opposable digits... -----Original Message----- From: Tim Chase <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:12:09 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: The list policy, AGAIN > Please consider yourself supported! Looking over the stats for all-time post quantities (well at least since shifting to GoogleGroups[1], though I suspect for the most part the trend holds) and some of the general helpfulness of those folks we have the following folks explicitly supporting inline bottom-posting: Tony Mecelynck John Beckett Dr. Chip Bram Moolenaar Bill Lam and myself Several of the other big names on that top-posters list haven't explicitly expressed a preference in this thread, but show a long history of using the preferred inline bottom-posting: Ben Fritz Gary Johnson Andreas Politz So the moral of the story is: - if you want help from the most prolific & helpful authors on the list, your chances are much more likely if you adhere to the group conventions - if you top-post and are lucky enough to get a reply, it will likely include an admonition to adhere to inline bottom-posting policies. You might even get pointers on how to configure your mail client to be more helpful. However, control[+shift]+[home/end] to navigate/manipulate large swaths of text isn't a terribly difficult. Learn them; use them. Or use a mailer into which you can integrate Vim. - if you repeatedly top-post despite such admonitions, you may get plonked and find yourself without the assistance of core members of the group Just my contribution of support to those who also encourage making the list more readable. -tim [1] http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/about --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
