This, unlike my last post, is a top post. I would like to state for the record that I bottom posted my reply to stuporlue's slanderous post because a few months ago a top post on the PLUG list spawned a 4 or 5 day long flamewar about netiquette, bottom vs. top posting, etc... that got so out of control I unsubscribed from said list.
On Apr 1, 2005 7:05 PM, Ross Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Stuart Jansen wrote: > > > Ross, you're right, top posting is > > > [major snippage] > > > > so much easier than trimming. > > > > Starting now, I'm going to top post all replies. > > Hey now, I didn't say that I preferred top posting! ;-) > > All I said was that I disliked bottom posting. Trimming and inserting the > reply in context with the replied-to text is, IMNSHO, the "correct" way to > do it. > > The gmail method does seem to make the point moot, however. I can't wait > until PINE gets that feature! (If mutt already has it, that might be > enough to finally get me to switch!) > > ~ Ross > > (Of course, I'd still rather have someone top post and not trim than > bottom post and not trim :-) > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- Alex Esplin -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
