On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 03:53 PM, Richard Kleim wrote: > Absolutely! I agree with your thoughts re. microsoft. GUI based > email requires top posting to maintain readability. The poster who said > a journal starts at the beginning is way off base - I don't want to > re-read the ENTIRE damn message every time I see it. Think about this - > a message has 10 replies. You read len=1+len=1+1, etc. The total you > have to read or scroll thru is 10! or 55 times as much as you would > have to read if everybody top-posted. I keep my cursor on the delete > icon, and if I have to move it down to scroll down 250 lines in each > post or reply to read your one line comment, I usually assume you are > stupid (nobody on this list, of course) and I don't read your message > anyway. Bottom posters seem totally out of touch. Top posting is the > rule on every list I know, except this one.
this is why it's imperative that posters trim what they're quoting to only what's necessary to make their own comments make sense. the entire reason people began quoting previous messages is because you can't be certain that everyone will have the original message before they get the reply, or perhaps even that they've bothered to read the original message. You don't quote the original message for your own benefit, or for the benefit of the other people actively involved in the conversation....... you quote the other messages for the benefit of non-participating readers who may or may not have read the original message, and may not even have access to the original message. as it is... you and I aren't going to be reading the quoted text at all. we've already read the previous messages. check out my previous link sometimes, to get a more detailed overview regarding the history of email quoting. <http://info.astrian.net/jargon/How_Jargon_Works/ Email_Quotes_and_Inclusion_Conventions.html> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
