Robert L Mathews wrote: > At 8/26/03 12:56 AM, Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I do often top-post, and I didn't realize it was an issue until this > >week. I usually top-post when I need to make a comment on the entire > >email, like "Is there a TODO here?", "patch applied", or something like > >that so people know what I am saying. If I want to respond in a > >detailed way, I trim and post comments below each section. My top-posts > >also have a horizontal line at the bottom so it is clear it is a top > >post. Is that OK? > > Actually, the horizontal line looks almost exactly like the message > separator to those receiving the list in digest mode (it's just a little > wider), and has confused me a number of times. > > Since you're asking, please don't do that :-)
Oh, interesting --- digest mode. I think in top-posting, it is important to clearly show where your posting stops. If not, you get the comment, then a "XXX Wrote:" which isn't a very clear delimiter. Is there some other way I could mark the end of a top comment? In my case, when I top post, I need to retain the entire text so people will recognize it. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
