On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 11:32 +1000, Simon Wong wrote: > Hi All. > > I thought it appropriate to chime in with some comments for the list as > it appears that it may be useful for people who are new to using mailing > lists for communication. > > Top Posting is explained in this Wikipedia entry: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting
Not sure if they do or not, but it woudl be good if the main lists page, and the loco team list page could link to few netiquet pages. (probably some in the wiki/help somewhere). > > It is nicely summarised by this quip from that page: > > A: Because it messes up 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 in e-mail? Its worse when theres a mix of top and bottom posts, imo :) : > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > In a mailing discussion it is most appropriate to use in-line replies > (this sort of includes bottom posting) so that people can easily see to > what you are replying/referring. Agreed :) kk > > As far as Reply All goes the most appropriate method is to send all > replies to the list. This ensures that everyone benefits from the > replies that are made to people's questions. > > Also, replying directly to people is not always welcome. I find it > annoying to have direct replies because I filter all my mailing list > mail into folders where I can read them together in the right context. > YMMV. > > Anyway, I am no expert but just want to share some mailing list > experience learnt over the years especially from the SLUG mailing list. > -- Karl Goetz, Debian user / Ubuntu contributor / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au
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