On 2007-01-19 15:21, Ceri Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text. My editor also positions the
On Thursday January 18, 2007 at 08:33:32 (PM) Jay Chandler wrote:
Murray Taylor wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:24:44PM -0800, Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top-posting defined simply ...
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 04:31:41PM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote:
Unfortunately all Micro$lop 'standard' email clients and a few others
put the cursor at the top of the email,
Actually, Entourage does not.
While we're on the subject of etiquette, those insist on having this
much crap at the
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text. My editor also positions the cursor at the very top when I
reply to a message. But
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:32:38AM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote:
Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether
I add it or not, and also the [EMAIL PROTECTED] stupid corporate disclaimer
also
(over which I have no control) sigh
Though you could presumably add an
On Friday January 19, 2007 at 10:21:24 (AM) Ceri Davies wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text. My editor also
Gerard Seibert wrote:
On Friday January 19, 2007 at 10:21:24 (AM) Ceri Davies wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text.
Unfortunately all Micro$lop 'standard' email clients and a
few others put the cursor at the top of the email, so the
bad habit has developed across the world both domestically
and in businesses, to write there, rather than continuing
the email thread at the bottom.
This behavior of
From: Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dak Ghatikachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting
And those who are pedantic and whiney about it are pathetic twits.
{^_-}
In response to jdow [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
From: Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dak Ghatikachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting
And those who are
Bill Moran wrote:
In response to jdow [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
From: Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dak Ghatikachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting
And those who are
Bill Moran wrote:
In response to jdow [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
From: Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dak Ghatikachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
On Thursday 18 January 2007 10:51, Hugo Silva wrote:
Please don't feed the trolls.
The weird thing is that I'd personally vouch for jdow not being a troll. I'm
not sure where that came from.
--
Kirk Strauser
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On Thursday, 18 January 2007 at 16:31:41 +1100, Murray Taylor wrote:
On Thursday, 18 January 2007 11:48 AM, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote:
What if someone is emailing from a thread while I am replying at
the same time, would that
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top-posting defined simply ...
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
Unfortunately all
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:24:44PM -0800, Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top posting is only one issue. Others of great importance are
trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
not writing one-line paragraphs. Your
-Original Message-
From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 10:13 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: Dak Ghatikachalam; freebsd-questions
Subject: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
[heavily trimmed, subject line clarified,
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top posting is only one issue. Others of great importance are
trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of
things that people should remove from
-Original Message-
From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Top posting
Murray Taylor wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ snip much ado about mail etiquette and sigs and whatnot ]
I started using the lists from work years ago when I was
establishing the FreeBSD servers and it was easier to get
QA stuff done... Since then the weenies have come along
and changed out a perfectly servicable Postfix / Cyrus
On 1/19/07, Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Have any of these disclaimers ever proven to be even the slightest bit
legally enforceable?
I mean, for God's sake, they're at the bottom of the message,
essentially telling you not to read the message you just read.
[...]
They *assume* that
- Original Message -
From: Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: freebsd-questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
Have any of these disclaimers ever proven to be even the
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
do I pickup the last thread from that email thread and reply ? is that right
?
What if someone is emailing from a thread while I am replying at the same
time, would that
not happen ? Would I be getting
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
Top-posting is when you put your reply above the orginal message. The
problem is evident when you get many people responding to each other; it
rapidly
Dak Ghatikachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting
___
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
SO This is TOP-POSTING -- Actually this is normal behavior of my
google mail
On 1/17/07, Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
Top-posting is when
On 1/17/07, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dak Ghatikachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting
Thanks a lot Wiki information Rocks, Wow I learnt more about
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 15:48, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
do I pickup the last thread from that email thread and reply ? is that
right ?
What if someone is emailing from a thread while I am
On 1/17/07, Beech Rintoul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday 17 January 2007 15:48, Dak Ghatikachalam wrote:
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we mean by top-posting
do I pickup the last thread from that email thread and reply ? is that
right ?
What
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dak
Ghatikachalam
Sent: Thursday, 18 January 2007 11:48 AM
To: freebsd-questions
Subject: What is this mean by this term
I am confused 2 posters have told me that I am top posting ,
What do we
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