2008/10/11 Mike Monett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "Rob Kimberley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The smiley (humour) was implied. > > > I didn't mean any offence, but have been used to top posting, as > > business email (that's what I originally got my email for > > originally back in the mid 90's) was all (and still is) top > > posted. > > > It was only when I ventured into newsgroups that I came across > > bottom posting, which to me seemed totally illogical. I've read > > the pros of bottom posting (and the cons of top posting), but > > still can't get my head or my email prog (Outlook), around it. > > > Cheers > > > Rob Kimberley > > There is a very big difference between a business email and a forum. > > A business email is usually between two people and concerns only one > subject. The exchange is usually very short, perhaps a single > question and a single reply. In these situations, top posting is > probably the easiest method. > > A forum is completely different. There may be many people involved, > but unless they respond to a post, you never know if they are > present. The discussion can involve several different issues, each > with their own thread. New threads can appear and take over the > entire conversation, or quickly disappear. A discussion can continue > for a very long time and involve many people. > > In this situation, top posting is very inconsiderate. You have > already heard all the reasons. > > If your email client is to blame, perhaps it should be replaced with > one more suitable. Pimmy is an excellent client, and you can still > get version 3.5, the last free one here: > > http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page28.html > > Pimmy is designed to handle an unlimited number of mailboxes and > accounts. You can get disposable email addresses from a number of > sites. I have found KasMail is the best: > > http://www.kasmail.com/ > > KasMail is free and allows you to have up to 25 different email > addresses. You can use different ones for eBay, PayPal, and each of > your bank accounts. This helps increase security, since you never > use these for anything else. This reduces the opportunity for ID > theft. > > You can use some for typical web sites that won't allow you to > proceed without an email address. However, these can often be stolen > and end up on a spammer's list. Once there, it is impossible to > remove them. > > You are now vulnerable to all kinds of malware hidden in html > messages. These use GIF's, JPEG's, PDf, IFRAMES, scripts, Visual > Basic, and other methods to hijack your system. Once in, the > criminals can do anything they want. They can steal your bank > account and credit card usernames and passwords, and drain your > accounts. They can turn your computer into a zombie, sending spam to > other victims. You can end up with numerous malware programs all > fighting for control. This can slow down your computer and cause > serious crashes. > > The answer is to simply dispose of the bad email address and get a > new one. > > Following this simple rule, I have virtually eliminated all spam. I > now may get one spam every month or two. This is a huge improvement > from the hundreds or thousands I used to get. > > One more thing. Most email clients will execute programs hidden in > email, or downloaded from a web site. > > Pimmy will not execute programs. It won't even render html. It won't > download anything from external sites. So there is no way you can be > infected by incoming malware hidden in an email message. > > And, of course, Pimmy will let you bottom post:) > > Best Regards, > > Mike Monett > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >
Or you can use Linux and not worry about any of this :) And I personally think that Rob has been unfairly taken to task over a comment about the verbiage added to emails sent from some corporate systems which add huge disclaimers to the bottom of each message. I took his reply as a friendly jibe to my previous light-hearted comment on this. 73 Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD Omnium finis imminet _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.