Hello WauloK, Thursday, October 13, 2005, 5:52:41 PM, WauloK wrote:
W> My email client places the cursor at the top of an email when I reply, so W> that's where I generally type. This is the GMail client. AFAIK many others W> do the same. W> I don't have any trouble following emails whether they top, bottom or W> midpost. I don't really see how some people can get confused by this and I W> guess if they choose not to be helpful because someone doesn't follow the W> rules explicitly then it might reflect badly on the list... It certainly W> scares off newbies if they get a flame (no matter how minor) for not posting W> 'the right way'. W> I've been on the internet nigh on 10 years and I've posted on many mailing W> lists in that time. Never have I seen such a big hoo-haa over where people W> reply. My email programs seem to quote and display replies correctly so I W> have no trouble reading them no matter where people post their replies. W> On 10/12/05, Steve Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> just curious, is this one of the possible reasons some of (if not all) >> of the most experienced, most helpful people on these Mandriva lists >> (newbie and expert at least) are not responding to posts anymore? >> >> Seems at least top posting has gone off the deep end, not following the >> html stuff - but I used to come here to try to read and learn. KInda >> hard to do that even when some people seem to prefer to top post - >> against mailing list Etiquette, then just when you least expect it, >> they bottom post. >> But it can get confusing about the 8th time this top/bottom thing happens. :-) Most people are courteous enough to keep the flow.... -- rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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