As as aside, whenever I get a top-posted reply to something I've said, it immediately tells me that the person didn't read anything I wrote and is just running his mouth. This is especially annoying when corresponding with professional management types or tech support people via e-mail. Try it as an experiment sometime. E-mail your boss and ask three distinct questions. If he e-mails you back a top-posted reply, odds are he only ever saw one question. Pretty sad how unprofessional a lot of management types are.
So a word to the wise. When corresponding professionally, always trim and always post replies in-context. This tells people (like your boss) that you're conscientious and that you always read everything and understand it _before_ you reply or react to it. The parts you are not quoting are the parts you are unable or unwilling to reply to. If you don't have a need to post in-context, trim the entire email. This is just a UUG list, but each of us will have a real job some day, and effective communication is important. May as well start here. As for long, off-topic threads, well you all *do* use procmail, right? Or if you have to use gmail, filters? -------------------- 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 (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
