Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-26 Thread Tyrone L. Warbasse
In the many years I've been read or replying to this group's e-mails, this's
the first time anybody has made a stink like this. While I understand the
reason why, I also see no reason for the why. It's like this kid I knew in
high school: his pet peeve was the sound silverware makes when hitting teeth
during the course of eating a meal. He would BMW about it to no end, and I
finally told him that, in reality, silverware will hit teeth when people
eat, so live with it. Same thing here. I mean, just all of sudden, out a
blue, somebody decides to complain about something nobody else has been
seeing (at least, to me, as to when the e-mail was all of sudden hi-jacked
from somebody else's Mac problem). So, again, while I understand the reason
why, I also see no reason for the why.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Jim Howard jasphow...@gmail.com wrote:
  Sorry, new to the group, joined to solve a very specific problem.  No
 idea
  if any of what Todd and Derek are saying is addressed to me.  If so, I
 don't
  understand it and wouldn't know bottom-posting from top-fermenting.  If
 not,
  sorry again.

 Top-posting is bad; top-fermenting is good--lager may be smoother, but
 loses so much flavor, so stick to ale.

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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Jeff Walther


On Jul 24, 5:42 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Jeff Walther wrote:

  By the way, see the message above?  See  how the quoted text is
  trimmed?  See how there's no sign of the list footer quoted?  See how
  the thread of the message flows downward in the order that people
  read?

  This is how to post a readable message.   Your top posted messages in
  which ** YOU FAIL TO TRIM ANY QUOTED TEXT AT ALL** are rude and
  inconsiderate to other members of the list.

 Maybe you should be blaming the software vendors whose mail clients  
 invite users to post this way by positioning the cursor *above* the  
 quoted reply,

They certainly popularized and contributed to the problem, but people
have the ability with a tiny bit of effort to be considerate.

 I don't like top-posting either,

My main point, which others seem to miss, was the excess quoted
text.   He quoted everything including the list footer.   I only
mentioned the top posting because that typically leads to the
incredibly inconsiderate practice of quoting without trimming.

 but your response was inappropriate.

You may be right.  I was certain that Britt had been told about this
before, but perhaps I was mistaken and this was the first time.

If so, I apologize.  I should have sent a private message instead.

I've been reading this list for a long time and notice that every
single one of his messages always contains all the text from any
previous messages.   Apparently, I reached some tipping point, but
you're right, I should have acted more reservedly if that was indeed
the first time.

  Flaming people for being ignorant was something you  
 could get away with a couple decades ago

On LEMlists there is no ignorance excuse.  The guidelines you agree
that you have read when you sign up clearly instruct folks to trim
quoted text.

 If you really want people to stop top-posting, get Google, Apple, and  
 whoever else to fix their email clients.

As long as there are folks who consider it their right to be
inconsiderate, that will be a lost battle.  The clients contribute,
but the apologists who try to justify not taking a moment to make
their messages readable are the real problem.

Jeff Walther

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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Nate Raymond
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Jeff Walther t...@prismnet.com wrote:

 On Jul 24, 5:42 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote:

 If you really want people to stop top-posting, get Google, Apple, and
  whoever else to fix their email clients.

 As long as there are folks who consider it their right to be
 inconsiderate, that will be a lost battle.  The clients contribute,
 but the apologists who try to justify not taking a moment to make
 their messages readable are the real problem.


It is conceivable that someone who uses gmail exclusively through the web
client is unaware that other email clients do not auto-hide quoted text...
the defaults for the web gmail will look considerate enough for other web
gmail users, with gmail replacing all quoted text in a top-posted reply with
Show quote text hyperlink which will auto-expand into the full quoted text
but suppress it's display by default.  Gmail has been around for 7 years at
this point, so maybe there are people who know nothing else... ?

(Disclosure: I grew up on the internet in the early '90s, spent quite some
time on Usenet, and picked up 'good' nettique there... but I have a feeling
there are more 'new timers' than 'old timers' now...)

- Nate

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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Jeff Walther t...@prismnet.com wrote:
 On Jul 24, 5:42 pm, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote:

 If you really want people to stop top-posting, get Google, Apple, and
 whoever else to fix their email clients.

 As long as there are folks who consider it their right to be
 inconsiderate, that will be a lost battle.  The clients contribute,
 but the apologists who try to justify not taking a moment to make
 their messages readable are the real problem.

I was a very early gmail user, long, long before it was released,
while invitations came five at a time, at most.  I filed the bug for
positioning for topposting.

The bug was acknowledged, but, obviously, never fixed :(

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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Britt Dodd
 I was a very early gmail user, long, long before it was released,
 while invitations came five at a time, at most.  I filed the bug for
 positioning for topposting.

 The bug was acknowledged, but, obviously, never fixed :(

 --
 Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.


I am also a long-time Gmail user too. Now that I know what the rules
are and how the replies go, Its really not that difficult to make
those changes. This was the first notice I got from this list about
top-posting, and I've made the proper corrections. Rules are rules,
and i'm able to make do with gmail. The point was made in a rather
obscure way, but I've resolved my mistakes.


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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Derek Morton
Let's be clear...

There is no LEM netiquette rule requiring (or even suggesting) bottom posting.  
There have been numerous discussions on the subject the result of which is that 
it is up to the individual to decide which method to use.  As one who even did 
a little messaging from Argonne (East) to Argonne (West) back in the early 
80's...  I certainly understand the pros and cons of them both and utilize the 
method which seems to fit the need of the moment (typically top posting if it 
is a single reply message, inline bottom posting if there are multiple points 
with discrete answers).

That said... You do need to do some trimming when replying to a message (pay 
attention to the little footer which is added automatically to every message).  
Quoting LEM netiquette:

*

Please quote only the relevant portion of messages you respond to - and please 
quote some of the original message so others know what you're responding to.

You shouldn't have to wade through gobs of extraneous stuff to get to the meat 
of the message. You should include just enough to provide a context for the 
message and no more. (Peter Kimble, my high school CS teacher, now gives his 
students the rule of thumb that at least half of the lines in an email message 
should be their own.) (A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email by Kaitlin Duck 
Sherwood)

Quoting sparingly does require manual work, since most email programs 
automatically quote the [whole] original message in replies. But failing to 
edit the original wastes everyone's time and bandwidth. (Adam C. Engst, 
TidBITS #480.)

*

Derek
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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Todd Brayer
Incidentally, some other mac mailing lists that *do* have strict netiquette
requirements are lists that me and a number of other people have stopped
posting on, because it's far too much of a hassle to get harassed for every
single posting (I think the iMac list even refuses to send your messages).

Todd Brayer
toddbra...@gmail.com



On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Derek Morton thes...@comcast.net wrote:

 Let's be clear...

 There is no LEM netiquette rule requiring (or even suggesting) bottom
 posting.  There have been numerous discussions on the subject the result of
 which is that it is up to the individual to decide which method to use.  As
 one who even did a little messaging from Argonne (East) to Argonne (West)
 back in the early 80's...  I certainly understand the pros and cons of them
 both and utilize the method which seems to fit the need of the moment
 (typically top posting if it is a single reply message, inline bottom
 posting if there are multiple points with discrete answers).

 That said... You do need to do some trimming when replying to a message
 (pay attention to the little footer which is added automatically to every
 message).  Quoting LEM netiquette:

 *

 Please quote only the relevant portion of messages you respond to - and
 please quote some of the original message so others know what you're
 responding to.

 You shouldn't have to wade through gobs of extraneous stuff to get to the
 meat of the message. You should include just enough to provide a context for
 the message and no more. (Peter Kimble, my high school CS teacher, now gives
 his students the rule of thumb that at least half of the lines in an email
 message should be their own.) (A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email by
 Kaitlin Duck Sherwood)

 Quoting sparingly does require manual work, since most email programs
 automatically quote the [whole] original message in replies. But failing to
 edit the original wastes everyone's time and bandwidth. (Adam C. Engst,
 TidBITS #480.)

 *

 Derek
 List Nanny

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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Jim Howard
Sorry, new to the group, joined to solve a very specific problem.  No idea
if any of what Todd and Derek are saying is addressed to me.  If so, I don't
understand it and wouldn't know bottom-posting from top-fermenting.  If not,
sorry again.



On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Todd Brayer toddbra...@gmail.com wrote:

 Incidentally, some other mac mailing lists that *do* have strict netiquette
 requirements are lists that me and a number of other people have stopped
 posting on, because it's far too much of a hassle to get harassed for every
 single posting (I think the iMac list even refuses to send your messages).

 Todd Brayer
 toddbra...@gmail.com



 On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Derek Morton thes...@comcast.net wrote:

 Let's be clear...

 There is no LEM netiquette rule requiring (or even suggesting) bottom
 posting.  There have been numerous discussions on the subject the result of
 which is that it is up to the individual to decide which method to use.  As
 one who even did a little messaging from Argonne (East) to Argonne (West)
 back in the early 80's...  I certainly understand the pros and cons of them
 both and utilize the method which seems to fit the need of the moment
 (typically top posting if it is a single reply message, inline bottom
 posting if there are multiple points with discrete answers).

 That said... You do need to do some trimming when replying to a message
 (pay attention to the little footer which is added automatically to every
 message).  Quoting LEM netiquette:

 *

 Please quote only the relevant portion of messages you respond to - and
 please quote some of the original message so others know what you're
 responding to.

 You shouldn't have to wade through gobs of extraneous stuff to get to the
 meat of the message. You should include just enough to provide a context for
 the message and no more. (Peter Kimble, my high school CS teacher, now gives
 his students the rule of thumb that at least half of the lines in an email
 message should be their own.) (A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email by
 Kaitlin Duck Sherwood)

 Quoting sparingly does require manual work, since most email programs
 automatically quote the [whole] original message in replies. But failing to
 edit the original wastes everyone's time and bandwidth. (Adam C. Engst,
 TidBITS #480.)

 *

 Derek
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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-25 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Jim Howard jasphow...@gmail.com wrote:
 Sorry, new to the group, joined to solve a very specific problem.  No idea
 if any of what Todd and Derek are saying is addressed to me.  If so, I don't
 understand it and wouldn't know bottom-posting from top-fermenting.  If not,
 sorry again.

Top-posting is bad; top-fermenting is good--lager may be smoother, but
loses so much flavor, so stick to ale.

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RE: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-24 Thread Wesley Furr
Well said...  Back in the olden days, that's the way it was.  Nowadays I've
gotten used to top-posting, and I'll proudly stand up and say I personally
prefer it that way...but only if the message has been cleaned up.  For me, I
usually already know what the thread is about by the subject...if I've been
following along, there is probably not a need to scroll down through
everything already posted before as I've probably already read it a few
times.  If I've missed something or am coming in half-way, then I'm happy to
scroll down and see what I've missed...better than scrolling through three
pages to find a one-line reply at the bottom...

But, I can also happily deal with it either way...getting all bent out of
shape accomplishes nothing other than to show off your ugly side.

Now...can we get back to the subject everyone is here to discuss?

Wesley


-Original Message-

Maybe you should be blaming the software vendors whose mail clients invite
users to post this way by positioning the cursor *above* the quoted reply, a
practice started (if I'm not mistaken) by Microsoft and copied by Apple and
Google, instead of berating users who had no clue that their software was
actively encouraging them to do things considered obnoxious.

I don't like top-posting either, but your response was inappropriate.
Flaming people for being ignorant was something you could get away with a
couple decades ago before the Eternal September, but we lost the numbers
advantage a long time ago and now must resort to gentler methods.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

http://xkcd.com/386/

If you really want people to stop top-posting, get Google, Apple, and
whoever else to fix their email clients.

Josh

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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-24 Thread Michael Mulhern
Josh, I'm with you.  Having used email since 2BM (Before Macs) I've
managed to go with the flow.  Comments on trimming (blah blah blah) may have
been more appropriate in a slower (connectivity) era, but today's email
clients are not amicable to this.

Personally, I have no problem reading emails in reverse order, as
unfortunately, most corporate email environments behave this way, not that
reading a lot of my daily work emails in posting order makes them any easier
to understand :)

Anyhow, hope you all had a great weekend, especially everyone dedicated
(stupid) enough to have also stayed up into the wee hours of the morning to
watch Cadel's triumph in Paris.

Cheers,

Michael

On 25 July 2011 08:42, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Jeff Walther wrote:

  By the way, see the message above?  See  how the quoted text is
 trimmed?  See how there's no sign of the list footer quoted?  See how
 the thread of the message flows downward in the order that people
 read?

 This is how to post a readable message.   Your top posted messages in
 which ** YOU FAIL TO TRIM ANY QUOTED TEXT AT ALL** are rude and
 inconsiderate to other members of the list.


 Maybe you should be blaming the software vendors whose mail clients invite
 users to post this way by positioning the cursor *above* the quoted reply, a
 practice started (if I'm not mistaken) by Microsoft and copied by Apple and
 Google, instead of berating users who had no clue that their software was
 actively encouraging them to do things considered obnoxious.

 I don't like top-posting either, but your response was inappropriate.
  Flaming people for being ignorant was something you could get away with a
 couple decades ago before the Eternal September, but we lost the numbers
 advantage a long time ago and now must resort to gentler methods.


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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-24 Thread Britt Dodd
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote:
 Well said...  Back in the olden days, that's the way it was.  Nowadays I've
 gotten used to top-posting, and I'll proudly stand up and say I personally
 prefer it that way...but only if the message has been cleaned up.  For me, I
 usually already know what the thread is about by the subject...if I've been
 following along, there is probably not a need to scroll down through
 everything already posted before as I've probably already read it a few
 times.  If I've missed something or am coming in half-way, then I'm happy to
 scroll down and see what I've missed...better than scrolling through three
 pages to find a one-line reply at the bottom...

 But, I can also happily deal with it either way...getting all bent out of
 shape accomplishes nothing other than to show off your ugly side.

 Now...can we get back to the subject everyone is here to discuss?

I have been here for a while and typically use gmail. I've never been
called out and humiliated over something like this so I never knew it
was a problem. I turned off rich formatting and hopefully this email
follows the standards here.

Now back on the topic, if there is a place that sells these guys for a
decent price I'd love to know. Otherwise I guess I can troll ebay or
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Re: Email netiquette (Re: IIci vs. SSD)

2011-07-24 Thread Britt Dodd
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Wesley Furr wes...@megley.com wrote:
 Well said...  Back in the olden days, that's the way it was.  Nowadays
I've
 gotten used to top-posting, and I'll proudly stand up and say I personally
 prefer it that way...but only if the message has been cleaned up.  For me,
I
 usually already know what the thread is about by the subject...if I've
been
 following along, there is probably not a need to scroll down through
 everything already posted before as I've probably already read it a few
 times.  If I've missed something or am coming in half-way, then I'm happy
to
 scroll down and see what I've missed...better than scrolling through three
 pages to find a one-line reply at the bottom...

 But, I can also happily deal with it either way...getting all bent out of
 shape accomplishes nothing other than to show off your ugly side.

 Now...can we get back to the subject everyone is here to discuss?

I have been here for a while and typically use gmail. I've never been called
out and humiliated over something like this so I never knew it was a
problem. I turned off rich formatting and hopefully this email follows the
standards here.

Now back on the topic, if there is a place that sells these guys for a
decent price I'd love to know.
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