No, the point is that, e.g., RFC 3676, applies to e-mail:
The Text/Plain media type is the lowest common
denominator of Internet email,
The only mention of Usenet is in 4.3. Usenet Signature Convention.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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The point being that they were using a standard for type of
communications, usenet, and trying to apply it to another form of
communication, email.
For me, the second I see a bottom post, is the same second I close the
email and go to the next in my inbox.
Tony Thigpen
Seymour J Metz wrote on 6/13/20 8:09 PM:
>> their "so called" standard was for newsgroups, not email
>
> RFC 2646, RFC 3676
>
>
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> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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> > Wait - is bottom-posting a thing?
>
> YES! The old newsgroup specification said bottom-posting was required.
>
> Back when I started using Thunderbird as an email client (around 2002?),
> TB forced you to bottom-post and it took a special hidden option to
> allow top-posting. And, it did not really work right if using a text
> file signature line. There was a *BIG* argument between the users
> (wanting top-posting) and the developers saying bottom-posting was a
> published standard). It took years (10+) before the developers gave in.
>
> Also, back in those days, it was clearly pointed out to the developers
> that their "so called" standard was for newsgroups, not email but they
> were stuck deep in their "we know what is right" mode. They also ignored
> the fact that Outlook had been using top-posting for years and around
> that time Outlook was the most used email client and had really become
> more of the standard.
>
> I bet we all know programmers that "know better than us". (Or, should I
> be looking in a mirror?) :-)
>
> Tony Thigpen
>
> Bob Bridges wrote on 6/13/20 1:46 PM:
>> Wait - is bottom-posting a thing? I've always assumed that bottom-posters
>> are just careless; they read down to a certain point, and then type in their
>> responses without thinking about where. Are you saying that some people
>> post at the bottom ON PURPOSE?!
>>
>> Why, for heaven's sake?
>>
>> ---
>> Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313
>>
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