Re: [newbie] Easier reading
Judging by experience, though, you'll never get people to agree on either approach. I'm only keeping track in case any one wants to see the tally when it seems this thread has lots it's momentum. Diesel Dan http://DieselDan.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Easier reading
doesn't matter I don't like bottom posting either, but i respect peoples right to do it.. the reason I don't like it is because I am on 20 different mailing lists and get 500 emails a day or more from them.. don't like having to scroll to the bottom of each message to see what the response is.. if mail clients opened the mail starting at the bottom, then I'd go the other way and only like that.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Jacobs Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2001 12:00 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] Easier reading I know many will dislike this idea, but I'm gonna keep track of the responses, and give the results when the thread is done. Please vote in your reply by clearly stating either OK, No Way!, or Doesn't matter in your reply. Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top posted? The reason I'm asking is because unless I make my mail programs reading fonts incredibly tiny, I cannot get to the replies unless I take the time to scroll down the message. Incredibly time consuming action? Nope, unless you are 1,000 messages behind, or don't have alot of time to scroll down every message, it adds up pretty quick then. Look, I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do, I just think it would be helpful to more than just me to get a big majority of replies top posted for quicker reading. What do ya think? Diesel Dan http://DieselDan.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
like Franki, I read the top posted messages and may answer to them...the heading is only what I read in _every_ message - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NEWBIE Mandrake List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:15 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Easier reading doesn't matter I don't like bottom posting either, but i respect peoples right to do it.. the reason I don't like it is because I am on 20 different mailing lists and get 500 emails a day or more from them.. don't like having to scroll to the bottom of each message to see what the response is.. if mail clients opened the mail starting at the bottom, then I'd go the other way and only like that.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Jacobs Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2001 12:00 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] Easier reading I know many will dislike this idea, but I'm gonna keep track of the responses, and give the results when the thread is done. Please vote in your reply by clearly stating either OK, No Way!, or Doesn't matter in your reply. Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top posted? The reason I'm asking is because unless I make my mail programs reading fonts incredibly tiny, I cannot get to the replies unless I take the time to scroll down the message. Incredibly time consuming action? Nope, unless you are 1,000 messages behind, or don't have alot of time to scroll down every message, it adds up pretty quick then. Look, I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do, I just think it would be helpful to more than just me to get a big majority of replies top posted for quicker reading. What do ya think? Diesel Dan http://DieselDan.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
Ed Tharp wrote: like Franki, I read the top posted messages and may answer to them...the heading is only what I read in _every_ message - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NEWBIE Mandrake List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:15 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Easier reading doesn't matter I don't like bottom posting either, but i respect peoples right to do it.. the reason I don't like it is because I am on 20 different mailing lists and get 500 emails a day or more from them.. don't like having to scroll to the bottom of each message to see what the response is.. if mail clients opened the mail starting at the bottom, then I'd go the other way and only like that.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Jacobs Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2001 12:00 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] Easier reading I know many will dislike this idea, but I'm gonna keep track of the responses, and give the results when the thread is done. Please vote in your reply by clearly stating either OK, No Way!, or Doesn't matter in your reply. Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top posted? The reason I'm asking is because unless I make my mail programs reading fonts incredibly tiny, I cannot get to the replies unless I take the time to scroll down the message. Incredibly time consuming action? Nope, unless you are 1,000 messages behind, or don't have alot of time to scroll down every message, it adds up pretty quick then. Look, I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do, I just think it would be helpful to more than just me to get a big majority of replies top posted for quicker reading. What do ya think? Diesel Dan http://DieselDan.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com So if you jump into a thread half way through, how do you know what other people have said? -- Mandrake 8.0 User since 8 October 2001 Registered Linux User No 240308 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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If I don't know what the thread is about, I'll read it once, then I know... being forced to scroll down all of them is a pain, remember how many posts are in some threads.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gordon Burgess-Parker Sent: Friday, 9 November 2001 8:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Easier reading Ed Tharp wrote: like Franki, I read the top posted messages and may answer to them...the heading is only what I read in _every_ message - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NEWBIE Mandrake List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:15 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Easier reading doesn't matter I don't like bottom posting either, but i respect peoples right to do it.. the reason I don't like it is because I am on 20 different mailing lists and get 500 emails a day or more from them.. don't like having to scroll to the bottom of each message to see what the response is.. if mail clients opened the mail starting at the bottom, then I'd go the other way and only like that.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Jacobs Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2001 12:00 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] Easier reading I know many will dislike this idea, but I'm gonna keep track of the responses, and give the results when the thread is done. Please vote in your reply by clearly stating either OK, No Way!, or Doesn't matter in your reply. Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top posted? The reason I'm asking is because unless I make my mail programs reading fonts incredibly tiny, I cannot get to the replies unless I take the time to scroll down the message. Incredibly time consuming action? Nope, unless you are 1,000 messages behind, or don't have alot of time to scroll down every message, it adds up pretty quick then. Look, I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do, I just think it would be helpful to more than just me to get a big majority of replies top posted for quicker reading. What do ya think? Diesel Dan http://DieselDan.net --- - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com So if you jump into a thread half way through, how do you know what other people have said? -- Mandrake 8.0 User since 8 October 2001 Registered Linux User No 240308 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: So if you jump into a thread half way through, how do you know what other people have said? It depends -- I'm not advocating top posting to every message -- but I prefer it when possible. It's also useful to snip things so a minimum is quoted. If you really want to read what everyone has said, consider going back to the original post and rereading the entire thread. Usually, with a few hints in the way of on point quotes from the email someone is responding to, I can get my head back into a thread if I've read the previous posts. It gets harder the more messages you receive. just another of my $.02, Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
* Dan Jacobs [EMAIL PROTECTED] [011109 16:11]: Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top posted? I'll have to vote AGAINST top posting. As you can see, bottom posting is fine if you take the time to edit the quotes. Top posting encourages sending the entire thread in each reply, and there are those of us who still pay high costs for very limited bandwidth. Judging by experience, though, you'll never get people to agree on either approach. The only thing you can get agreement on is that people SHOULD edit quotes down to the bare minimum. -- Jan Wilson, SysAdmin _/*]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corozal Junior College | |:' corozal.com corozal.bz Corozal Town, Belize | /' chetumal.com linux.bz Reg. Linux user #151611 |_/ Network, SQL, Perl, HTML Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
Jan Wilson wrote: Top posting encourages sending the entire thread in each reply, and there are those of us who still pay high costs for very limited bandwidth. I'm not sure bottom posting does any better. The only thing you can get agreement on is that people SHOULD edit quotes down to the bare minimum. Absolutely Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
OK! (to top posting) It would be good if the first few lines of a post gave as much useful information as possible. That's not always easy to do, especially if you reply to detail(s) of a previous post and must position each reply near an appropriate quote from the previous post. Nevertheless, I think it is a good thing to strive for. Also, snip as much of the previous post as possible. Leave close to the minimum that is required for context. Just my $.02. Randy Kramer Dan Jacobs wrote: Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top posted? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
On Thursday 08 November 2001 12:04 pm, Dan Jacobs wrote: Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top posted? Doesn't matter -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay, USA chmod +x /bin/Laden.al-Qaeda.Taliban Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
OK and I agree with Randy's comments. skinky -- But what ... is it good for? (Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip) On Fri, 09 Nov 2001 06:04, Dan Jacobs wrote: | I know many will dislike this idea, but I'm gonna keep track of the | responses, and give the results when the thread is done. | | Please vote in your reply by clearly stating either OK, No Way!, or | Doesn't matter in your reply. | | Would you care if most of the reply messages on _this_ list were top | posted? The reason I'm asking is because unless I make my mail | programs reading fonts incredibly tiny, I cannot get to the replies | unless I take the time to scroll down the message. | | Incredibly time consuming action? Nope, unless you are 1,000 messages | behind, or don't have alot of time to scroll down every message, it | adds up pretty quick then. | | Look, I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do, I just think it would | be helpful to more than just me to get a big majority of replies top | posted for quicker reading. | | What do ya think? | | | Diesel Dan | http://DieselDan.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Easier reading
On Thursday 08 November 2001 12:04, Dan wrote: Look, I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do, I just think it would be helpful to more than just me to get a big majority of replies top posted for quicker reading. This is my vote against top posting. I hate reading replies that I don't know what they are replying to. The reader has to scroll down to the bottom to find out what the previous person said that the current person is commenting on. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional KDE 2.1.2 KMail 1.2 Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
