I shall be at the meeting tonight Simon Sent from my iPhone
On 30 Mar 2010, at 11:27 AM, "Malcolm Hunter" <malcolm.hun...@gmx.co.uk> wrote: >>> My *personal* opinion is that: >>> [ snip ] >>> - Top-posting (putting replies at the top, the default for any email >>> clients) is good in some circumstances but not for mailing lists. >> >> I have to say, the /one/ drawback of working at the BBC is almost >> everyone >> top posts, almost everyone uses Outlook, and almost everyone just >> leaves a >> massive long tail of neglected previous replies trailing off down- >> screen, >> usually with half a metric ton of signature attached. All for one >> sentence >> of useful content. >> >>> The most important thing to remember is that your reply is *your* >>> email. >> >> ...and the second most is that someone *else* has to try and make >> sense of >> the *context* of your reply. > > The problem is also compounded by local and web email clients that > don't support or aren't configured for context, so it makes it > difficult to distinguish the context from the reply. > > Malc > > > -- > Technical copy-editor & proofreader > > KDE Proofreading Team > KDE British English Translation Team > > http://l10n.kde.org/team-infos.php?teamcode=en_GB > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FriendlyAtheist > > GMX.at - Österreichs FreeMail-Dienst mit über 2 Mio Mitgliedern > E-Mail, SMS & mehr! Kostenlos: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atfreemail > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
