On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 19:22:23 -0400 Lorenzo Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Stephen R Laniel's comments on Re: OT (and Flamebait): Top-Posting > were as follows: # On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 02:52:41PM -0500, Kent West > wrote: # <message> > # <messageWereReplyingTo> > # This is some stuff that a guy wrote > # </messageWereReplyingTo> > # > # <whatWeSayInResponse> > # I disagree vehemently with whatever you said > # </whatWeSayInResponse> > # </message> > > Wow! I really like the XML approach. But how are you going to get > all the email programs in the world to use it? It seems too late to > make such a smart new approach to email a standard now as old as email > is. Then again, if HTML email is accepted in so many circles, (not > here but ...) why not XML email everywhere? It's a much better > approach than anything that has been thought up thus far. > > Let's take it one step further: <snip - pseudo-xml content> Ugh... and I thought HTML e-mail took a ton of disk space compared to plain text. An inline reply would make the e-mail more than double in size! What happened to humans being smart enough to make things look neat and clean? When I first came to this list, I observed how others posted, received a few tips when I messed up and the rest of my time has been spent helping and being helped. I knew that to get help from this list I would need to follow _this lists's_ rules. What's so hard about that? (And I'm a young guy... not some old 'dinosaur' that cut their teeth on CP/M. :-) Just my $0.02. Jacob P.S. No, this is not meant as a flame and notice that I did not use any upper case words - I was not yelling or mad. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
