Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting

2008-06-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Andrej Ricnik-Bay wrote: > On 29/05/2008, Bob Pawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ... get their point across up front without making me wade through > > previous posts which I have already read. > Good for you :} > > > I can understand the concept of bottom posting > No one advocates bottom-

Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting

2008-06-02 Thread Andrej Ricnik-Bay
On 29/05/2008, Bob Pawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... get their point across up front without making me wade through > previous posts which I have already read. Good for you :} > I can understand the concept of bottom posting No one advocates bottom-posting here. It's all about intersparsed

Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting

2008-06-01 Thread Bob Pawley
k" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Andy Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Postgres General List" Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL P

Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting

2008-05-28 Thread Gregory Stark
"Bob Pawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The concept of most lists should be "the free exchange of ideas in the most > efficient manner possible". What is this in response to? -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's RemoteDBA servic

Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting

2008-05-28 Thread Gregory Stark
"Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bottom line: have some respect for your readers. Make it easy to > distinguish what you wrote from the preceding material, and remember > that the only reason you are quoting anything at all is to provide some > context for what you are saying. We don't

Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting

2008-05-27 Thread Tom Lane
Andy Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On May 27, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Gregory Williamson wrote: >> In-line comments are more readable, especially for longish emails. > But if you do bottom-post, please *do* edit the earlier content down > to just the context of your comments. Otherwise rea

Re: [GENERAL] Bottom Posting

2008-05-27 Thread Andy Anderson
> > What do you mean whan you say "Don't top post??? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style On May 27, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Gregory Williamson wrote: In-line comments are more readable, especially for longish emails. The PosgreSQL mail lists all prefer this method. Some related lists (t