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@18 July 2002, 01:09 -0300 (05:09 UK time) The Bat Tech List [TBT] in
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Pearlstone:
TBT> Thanks for you solution.
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Top quoting strikes again!!!
Please don't requote the entire message for a one line post. It is
*extremely* bad manners and against the rules of this list.
As for top quoting, I've made a moderatorial decision to redeliver the
lecture every time it goes wrong:
You're using the "Outlook" standard reply format, one that I find
awful (but I'm feeling more like Canute by the day on that score). It
is called "top quoting" and means that you let the quotes appear at
the bottom and type your reply at the top.
I have many reasons to prefer the "in-line quoting" method:
o It is hard to follow points raised and counterpoints made when they
are not interspersed. You have to go from top to bottom to top
again to review the context.
o Following on from that, as you go through the quotes interspersing
your replies and clipping the "fluff", you actually ensure that all
points raised and questions asked are covered.
o The message format becomes a lot more conversational.
o Rather than growing exponentially with each reply in a thread, the
message size is kept reasonable and to the point - if the
back-reference is that important, surely it's on file!
o Responses have immediate context rather than being a bolt out of
the blue at the top of a message making you scroll down to re-read
the original - not an easy task when it's in the light grey italics
I happen to use to show signatures ;-).
I know there are some instances where top-quoting is necessary -
particularly in dealing with a technical support department where an
issue may be passed around from person to person and the entire
message chain needs to be kept live. I actually have a special
template I use for such occasions. At all other times, I will still
champion the cause of conversational email! :-).
As a result of top quoting, your posting includes all signatures and
previous list footers of the message you are replying to - another
no-no and this one is against the list rules. Please trim your replies.
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Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator
TB! v1.62/Beta1 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2
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