snip?
This issue is a hardy perennial. There seem to be two worlds: one
that maintains the original and ancient traditions of the early
internet, and puts replies (preferably only plain text) below the
original post; and one - containing the majority of the
commercial,
On 20 July 2013 07:36, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote:
On 20 Jul 2013, at 03:48, Steven Roberts cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com
wrote:
So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong protocol on
here?
This issue is a hardy perennial. There seem to be two worlds: one that
Thoughts anyone?
I like in-line posting but once or twice I did not snip correctly and
people thought I just sent an empty email.
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On 21 July 2013 04:53, Calum McAllister cremcallis...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong protocol on
here?
It's just a case of following the conventions of the discussion. When
I join a mailing list I tend to read some of the archives or let a few
If anybody can educate me how to snip posts you're replying to on an iPad
I'd be VERY grateful!
I have tried and tried, but generally it seems to take hours to get rid of
the surplus text (and even then I normally end up leaving a bit of it).
Hence, when I reply from iPad (today I'm not - so you
On 21 July 2013 11:58, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote:
If anybody can educate me how to snip posts you're replying to on an iPad
I'd be VERY grateful!
The Gmail client does it reasonably well (if you're using Gmail, of course.)
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On 20 July 2013 15:26, Bill B. boo...@gmail.com wrote:
Isn't it nice to know that no matter how honest the original post -
respect is never guaranteed - is that the real meaning of bottom posting
I wonder?
There is an important difference between speaking honestly and being
disrespectful.
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On 21 July 2013 14:07, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
There is an important difference between speaking honestly and being
disrespectful.
No, that was disrespectful. And I had to re-read it as I thought maybe I'd
misinterpreted it, but it was... and it was uncalled for.
This is meant
On 21/07/2013 14:18, Sean Miller wrote:
On 21 July 2013 14:07, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com
mailto:lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
There is an important difference between speaking honestly and being
disrespectful.
No, that was disrespectful. And I had to re-read it as I thought
maybe
On Sun, 2013-07-21 at 14:18 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
On 21 July 2013 14:07, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote:
There is an important difference between speaking honestly and being
disrespectful.
No, that was disrespectful. And I had to re-read it as I thought maybe I'd
Calum McAllister wrote:
Perhaps a real problem-solver will come up with a way to avoid these
discussions?
It's just two different conventions; depending on the preferences of
the readers and the config of their clients either format may be more
preferable to them.
Generally, I'm more
On 21 July 2013 15:02, Avi Greenbury li...@avi.co wrote:
Generally, I'm more concerned that the bit of the mail I want to read
(the reply) is on-screen as I open the email than where it is.
I think quoting inline, as I am doing here, is the ideal... that said,
there are some pedants who feel
On 20 Jul 2013, at 03:48, Steven Roberts cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote:
So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong protocol on here?
This issue is a hardy perennial. There seem to be two worlds: one that
maintains the original and ancient traditions of the early internet,
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On 20/07/13 07:36, mac wrote:
On 20 Jul 2013, at 03:48, Steven Roberts
cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote:
So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong
protocol on here?
This issue is a hardy perennial. There seem to be two worlds:
On 20/07/13 13:06, John Oliver wrote:
On 20/07/13 07:36, mac wrote:
On 20 Jul 2013, at 03:48, Steven Roberts
cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote:
So, has anyone else been too worried about using the wrong
protocol on here?
This issue is a hardy perennial. There seem to be two worlds: one
On 20/07/13 13:22, pete smout wrote:
I am sure that the intention is not to scare people away, just to make
the threads easier to follow when looking things up in the future!
Yes, I agree - it really is a matter of making a discussion easier to
follow by keeping it in order down the page in
On 20 July 2013 03:48, Steven Roberts cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote:
I am an IT tutor and feel like I should already know these things!!
O_O You didn't *know* this?
I'm sorry, but I have to say, I am appalled.
I'm guessing that it gets confusing when some people use inline and some
don't
On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 13:55 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
On 20 July 2013 03:48, Steven Roberts cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote:
I am an IT tutor and feel like I should already know these things!!
O_O You didn't *know* this?
I'm sorry, but I have to say, I am appalled.
I'm guessing that
On 20/07/2013 13:55, Liam Proven wrote:
On 20 July 2013 03:48, Steven Roberts cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote:
I am an IT tutor and feel like I should already know these things!!
O_O You didn't *know* this?
I'm sorry, but I have to say, I am appalled.
I'm guessing that it gets confusing
On 20 Jul 2013, at 15:40, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote:
I have to say this I belong to quite a few discussion groups that only have
top posting, and they even have a direction to post above the line. This is
the only group that insists on bottom posting that I belong to.
Ah,
El 20/07/2013 16:11, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk escribió:
On 20 Jul 2013, at 15:40, scoundrel50a scoundrel...@gmail.com wrote:
I have to say this I belong to quite a few discussion groups that only
have top posting, and they even have a direction to post above the line.
This is the
broadband from 20 to 60 megas (David King)
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Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:22:40 +0100
From: pete smout psmo...@live.com
To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Inline posting
Message-ID: ksdve9$o96
Has anyone else had a similar experience to myself regarding using ubuntu
uk and inline posting?
I was too scared to reply to questions on here because I had heard about
how some people can get upset if you don't use inline replies etc. It made
me look it up and do a little research. I've started
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