Bullets and numbering!!! Front Page 97!!! For my serious vote: top post with the whole thread quoted.
---->N > The worst thing ever?? Come on. Have you tried Microsoft Bob? > > > On 4/4/07, Chris W. Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:48 PM Glen Lipka <> said: > > > Top posting, bottom posting. (Age old dillema - or at > least 10 years > > old) Is it acceptable to erase the message and just > post? Like this? > > That's the worst thing ever! It makes it almost > impossible to get > context unless you've already been following along with > the entire > thread. > > > > > Or should I have said that here? > > On a serious note, I think it totally depends on the mail > reader. For example, I use Gmail. I tag everything from the > group with a label and archive it. (Using a filter). Gmail > happens to be really good at keeping the thread together and > I never delete anything. I literally have the entire thread > on the screen. Its almost like a forum with no pagination > (pagination-yuck). > > However, on a different client (like Outlook or Outlook > Express) you get a totally different view. Those clients are > not designer to "keep everything". There context is much > more important. > > I would venture to say that this is a touchy issue. Everyone > has a view on it, usually based on the view of their mail client. ;) > > So is there an ettiquette rule to follow here on 1. What to > delete when replying (if any) and 2. Where to post? (top or bottom) > > G > > >
