On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:57:09AM EDT, Barclay, Daniel wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 01:51:31PM EDT, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > [..] > > > >> I need to see the relevant context quoted (properly trimmed as the > >> discussion progresses, of course), especially if a thread has run for > >> a while. > > > > Most "business" mail runs something like this: > > > > -> hey, Dee.. got my fax? > > > > (Cc: my boss, her boss.. ) > > > > <- Yeah, got it.. Thanks! > > > > (Cc: same) > > > > Where I work, over 90% of the emails that I see are of this nature. > > > > There's no need for "context" whatsoever.. all parties know what the fax > > is about.. > > Does that example represent two message or one? > > If it's one: > > That's a good example of bottom posting (quoting what's being replied to > ("got my fax?) for context about the reply ("got it"). > > If it's two: > > How can you argue that there's no need for context?
That's my point .. it's not e-mail .. it's instant messaging. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org