> On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 11:26:43AM -0500, Andy Pitonyak wrote: > >> Even better, the answer will be displayed in the >> preview pane so this requires fewer keyboard and mouse movements for me >> to see the gist of the reply. Is this a useless rant, or useful >> information.
> Preview pane ? Oh, you use MS outlook or perhaps evolution. Far too slow, > try a power MUA, something like mutt. At home I use (almost exclusively) Linux. For email, I use Thunderbird. I am always interested in looking at other products so thanks for the recommendation Alain! >> OR the replies are mixed in with the messages. > That is it: interleave the replies with the relevant bits Yes, interleave is the word... >> I typically bottom post or simply remove almost >> all of the message and let the people search > No: you should leave enough bits so that other can understand with as > little work as possible what you are trying to say. Evil Andy might be inclined to remove just enough that people read the wrong message <evil laugh>.... > Remember: 30 seconds work by you can save thousands of others a few > seconds each; Agreed! > that is the gain. People who thoughtlessly top post are either lazy, ill > informed or think that their time is more valuable than that of > many others. Lazy? Me? Yes! I would probably do nothing all day if I did not have so many things to get done. ill informed? About many things yes and some things no! My time is more valuable than others? No, probably not. I do have a list of requests from the OOo community for projects that they want me to finish. The list is long enough that I end up ignoring most of it. On the plus side, much of it I document and make available for free. I usually try to not duplicate the work of others, however. Now that is a true waste of time. ttfn Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
