Re: [G3-5]Re: Top Posting (read up)

On 6/13/09 8:11 AM, Peter at wrote: > Some time ago (last year, I believe) it was established here on the list that > top posting was ok. I can remember the that it was a lengthy discussion. Now > we have changed that again and went back to bottom posting only? I think top posting, mainly if t

Re: Top Posting (read up)

On 6/13/09 1:57 PM, "Steve R" Broadcast into the ether: > > At 1:44 PM -0700 6/13/09, Kyle Hansen posted: >> And what does it matter anyway? If you are a thoughtful and polite person >> you would bottom post. It's that simple. >> > > I could take offense from that comment but I won't. Bei

Re: Top Posting (read up)

At 1:44 PM -0700 6/13/09, Kyle Hansen posted: > And what does it matter anyway? If you are a thoughtful and polite person > you would bottom post. It's that simple. > I could take offense from that comment but I won't. Being thoughtful and/or polite has nothing to do with top or bottom posti

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On 6/13/09 4:11 AM, "Peter" Broadcast into the ether: > > On Jun 13, 2009, at 1:54 AM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I am a Nanny here at LEM. We have some rules about posting in our forums. >> One rule that gets looked over quite frequently is what is called ³top >> posting.² We

Re: Top Posting (read up)

On 6/12/09 11:39 PM, "Steve R" Broadcast into the ether: > > Please, sir, where does Dan Knight, List Mom, on his updated > 2008.02.15 webpage, continue to insist that bottom posting is the > only way to post? See content of that page below the link you posted. > > Kyle, I wish you no ill -- p

Re: Top Posting (read up)

On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Peter wrote: > On Jun 13, 2009, at 10:28 AM, lgers...@gmail.com wrote: snip >> Bottom posting is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED, along >> with selective trimming. Top posting will not get you banned or >> moderated. snip >> >> So, PLEASE folks, TRY and bottom post and trim

Re: Top Posting (read up)

On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:54 AM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a Nanny here at LEM.  We have some rules about posting in our forums. > One rule that gets looked over quite frequently is what is called ³top > posting.²  We ask that you post your responses AFTER the text you are > answering

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On Jun 13, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Dan wrote: > > At 11:43 AM -0400 6/13/2009, insightinmind wrote: >> ... >> >> Make sense? maybe I should drop my signature ... seems harmless >> enough. > > I doubt plain vs rich (aka html) in a sig would block your emails at > the server level. If they were goi

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At 22:54 -0700 6/12/09, Kyle Hansen wrote: > >Hello, > >I am a Nanny here at LEM. We have some rules about posting in our forums. >One rule that gets looked over quite frequently is what is called „top >posting.¾ We ask that you post your responses AFTER the text you are >answering. This is ca

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At 11:43 AM -0400 6/13/2009, insightinmind wrote: >On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Dan wrote: > > So when I see top posting or tiny fonts, I usually just delete the > > message without reading it. And move on... > >Regarding Rich vrs Plain text and html ... I recently changed my >Signature to be

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On Jun 13, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Dan wrote: > I reply with what I'll say here: > > Offering tech support via email is Not Easy. Reading upside down > top-posted untrimmed threads makes the job so difficult ... I'd > rather spend the time chasing my cats. Ditto for styled-text / > HTML-based messag

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On Jun 13, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Dan wrote: ... > Ditto for styled-text / > HTML-based messages using itty bitty fonts. > > So when I see top posting or tiny fonts, I usually just delete the > message without reading it. And move on... Thanks for introducing that to the thread. A reason we might

Re: Top Posting (read up)

On Jun 13, 2009, at 10:28 AM, lgers...@gmail.com wrote: > > Folks, > > On Jun 13, 1:54 am, Kyle Hansen wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am a Nanny here at LEM. We have some rules about posting in our >> forums. >> One rule that gets looked over quite frequently is what is called >> ³top >> posting

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At 7:28 AM -0700 6/13/2009, lgers...@gmail.com wrote: >So, PLEASE folks, TRY and bottom post and trim out non-relevant portions. yea. What he said! >But there is no firing squad or banishment for violators. sigh. I'm getting one or two private emails a week that all say the same thing: Why

Re: Top Posting (read up)

Folks, On Jun 13, 1:54 am, Kyle Hansen wrote: > Hello, > > I am a Nanny here at LEM.  We have some rules about posting in our forums. > One rule that gets looked over quite frequently is what is called ³top > posting.²  We ask that you post your responses AFTER the text you are > answering.  Thi

Re: Top Posting (read up)

Please take me off this list. - Original Message - From: "Steve R" To: Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 1:39 AM Subject: Re: Top Posting (read up) > > Please, sir, where does Dan Knight, List Mom, on his updated > 2008.02.15 webpage, continue to insist that bottom po

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Um, this requirement went away quite some time ago... JT Kyle Hansen wrote: > Hello, > > I am a Nanny here at LEM. We have some rules about posting in our forums. > One rule that gets looked over quite frequently is what is called ³top > posting.² We ask that you post your responses AFTE

Re: Top Posting (read up)

On Jun 13, 2009, at 1:54 AM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > Hello, > > I am a Nanny here at LEM. We have some rules about posting in our > forums. > One rule that gets looked over quite frequently is what is called ³top > posting.² We ask that you post your responses AFTER the text you are > answerin

Re: Top Posting (read up)

On Jun 13, 2009, at 1:52 AM, Steve R wrote: > I have no idea if this link to the thread where Dan Knight's email > will work for everyone but here it is: > >

Re: Top Posting (read up)

I have no idea if this link to the thread where Dan Knight's email will work for everyone but here it is: Steve R --~--~-~--~~~--

Re: Top Posting (read up)

Please, sir, where does Dan Knight, List Mom, on his updated 2008.02.15 webpage, continue to insist that bottom posting is the only way to post? See content of that page below the link you posted. Kyle, I wish you no ill -- perhaps it was when you resigned from being List Nanny that Dan Knight