On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:42:01PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 12:32:19 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 09:16:33PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > [ Please have a look at how I trim quoted messages below and how I put > > > the "answers" below the relevant "questions" in the older mail(s). > > > This makes it easier for the other subscribers of this list to follow > > > our exchange. Ideally, every single email should be a self-explanatory > > > and concise "story" told in chronological order. Please consider > > > changing your quoting and posting style accordingly. ] > > > > with all the various threads and rants about posting style, I have to > > say this is by far the best way to "chastise" a poster and express the > > "proper" way to do things (lay off guys, not claiming one way is more > > or less proper here...) > > > > Nice job Florian, though its a lot of typing... > [...] > > We might have to > be careful, though, not to scare away new list members by barking a curt > "please do not top post" at them without further explanation.
I totally agree. More than once I've got myself sending a "please don't top post" to a new list member and regretted it later. I recall that my first few posts here were "improper" and dealing with that issue as well as the mass of confusion that comes with learning a new OS makes for an overall difficult experience. 'nuff said A
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