On 21/09/10 11:12, Patelkhana Mohan Rao wrote: > Could you be a bit detailed. > I want to know the formalities in this group. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rik Tindall<[email protected]> > To: Canterbury Linux Users Group<[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, 21 September, 2010 9:17:15 AM > Subject: Re: [Linux-users] Hi All Its a nice experience with Rik on SFD day at > South lib. > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:11:04 -0700 (PDT), Patelkhana Mohan Rao > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Nick, >> But some things I do not understood like bottom/top post. >> > <snip> > >> ________________________________ >> From: Nick Rout<[email protected]> >> To: Canterbury Linux Users Group<[email protected]> >> Sent: Mon, 20 September, 2010 7:51:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [Linux-users] Hi All Its a nice experience with Rik on SFD >> day at South lib. >> >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Patelkhana Mohan Rao >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> OK welcome to the community Mohan. Can I just mention a few things that >> might assist you getting help and acceptance here. >> >> 1. Bottom post, not top post. This can be a controversial subject but is >> summed up by by the following: >> >> A: because it disturbs the natural flow of conversation >> >> Q: why is top posting frowned on? >> >> It's not a universally accepted rule, but the more technical the mailing >> list, the more often you are expected to bottom post. You won't run foul >> of anyone by bottom posting, but you will by top posting. >> > <snip> > > This comment is an example of bottom posting, which I had never absorbed > the formality about either until now. Sorry for that. > > Your response was an example top posting. > Hi Mohan,
I wasn't clear enough. You need to make your comments UNDERNEATH (at the bottom of) what the last person wrote. (And remove superfluous quoting each time.) No worries. Cheers, Rik _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
