Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
You are correct... I mis-spoke... it is Mail... On Feb 3, 2006, at 6:25 PM, phoenix wrote: In /Safari/? Please don't mistake this for nit-picking, but I'm genuinely curious if it's Safari (the web browser) or Mail.app that you're talking about -- or some other program. I don't think I've seen a toggle like this in Safari preferences. [grins] Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
We just got words from Dan, the List Mom, about the top-bottom posting issue and here is what he said: The rule applies regardless of the default behavior of any given email client. We established the rule for four reasons: 1. It's logical. It shows the flow from message to response. 2. It makes it possible to read a reply without having to skip past the new text to read the quoted material it's responding to. If the thread hasn't been active for a day or two - or you've been away from email over the weekend - this is very helpful. 3. Bottom posting forces people to see how much they're quoting and should act as a visual reminder not to quote everything. 4. Finally, it's nice to have consistency. This is all about best practices, not default email software behavior. Dan So, folks, better get used to it. I am not happy to have to remind people but we've been asked to so I'm just carrying on. Let's not turn this into a debate as to whether top or bottom posting is best, OK? Now resuming our G-Books regular content... -Laurent. G-Books List Nanny -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
On Feb 3, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: The rule applies regardless of the default behavior of any given email client. We established the rule for four reasons: In Safari I found that there is a pref setting for sending your signature to the bottom (I added an extra line of empty space above my signature) ... and for the option to quote only selected text that seems to have simplifies the top posting problem for me : ) Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
On 03/02/06 15:02, sandra ragan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 3, 2006, at 8:52 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: The rule applies regardless of the default behavior of any given email client. We established the rule for four reasons: In Safari I found that there is a pref setting for sending your signature to the bottom (I added an extra line of empty space above my signature) ... and for the option to quote only selected text that seems to have simplifies the top posting problem for me : ) If you can modify your signature, you can also add 2 '-' characters at the beginning of a line, just above your name and signature. Many email clients and news readers will honor this when automatically quoting by omitting everything that follows those 2 '-' characters on a single line, which will make the life of others easier since they won't have to delete the extra text when they reply to one of your messages. Like this: -- -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
If you can modify your signature, you can also add 2 '-' characters at the beginning of a line, just above your name and signature. The standard is -- (dash dash space) on a line by itself. See RFC 3676 for instance. Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
--- Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We just got words from Dan, the List Mom, about the top-bottom posting issue and here is what he said: The rule applies regardless of the default behavior of any given email client. We established the rule for four reasons: 1. It's logical. It shows the flow from message to response. 2. It makes it possible to read a reply without having to skip past the new text to read the quoted material it's responding to. If the thread hasn't been active for a day or two - or you've been away from email over the weekend - this is very helpful. 3. Bottom posting forces people to see how much they're quoting and should act as a visual reminder not to quote everything. 4. Finally, it's nice to have consistency. This is all about best practices, not default email software behavior. Dan So, folks, better get used to it. I am not happy to have to remind people but we've been asked to so I'm just carrying on. Let's not turn this into a debate as to whether top or bottom posting is best, OK? Just my $.02 BUT Netscape Mail has the option to set your reply either above, below, or select the specific quote to reply to...It is located in the Account Settings section/Composition Regards, Mike K in Central PA __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
Quoth sandra ragan : In Safari I found that there is a pref setting for sending your signature to the bottom In /Safari/? Please don't mistake this for nit-picking, but I'm genuinely curious if it's Safari (the web browser) or Mail.app that you're talking about -- or some other program. I don't think I've seen a toggle like this in Safari preferences. [grins] Cheers, A.J. -- Racing is life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting -- Steve McQueen -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Top-Bottom Posting Clarification
Stardate 060203.11:52 -0500. A subspace message from Laurent Daudelin reads: 1. It's logical. It shows the flow from message to response. Historical note: RFC 1855 (which is what these rules are based on) grew out of the inherent patchiness in UseNet NNTP propagation -- no-one could guarantee that all messages within a particular thread would reach all servers and all recipients, so the practice of quoting started. This way, if a thread message went AWOL (as they often did, and still do) subsequent messages would still contain relevant content, thus most thread followers would not miss out on stuff. Geoffrey -- -- Endian Little Hate I --- -- I'm afraid music in the modern idiom is too repetitive for my tastes ... although the rhythm does have a certain hypnotic effect. -- Brains (International Rescue Engineer, 'Thunderbirds' (c) Gerry Anderson 1969) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
