> > > I know that messages get rejected just because the reply starts at the > > > top rather than *after* the original post (which in itself is > > > ridiculous rule, but I respect it none-the-less) > > > > Why is it ridiculous ? > > because most standard mail clients, like outlook as well as gmail, > start the editing on top of the original email. Really bad excuse for not following rules. > because people start writing and reading from top to bottom. The arguement in fact emphasizes bottom posting. Doesn't it make more sense to read the oldest content first to the most recent content (therefore, in the right chronological order) ?
> I think we might be loosing (possiblly technically) good people's help > due to 'ridiculous' rules. Most people who know a lot about stuff also know and follow usenet posting etiquette. > > I also said that although I personally don't like the rule, I'm > abiding by it. BTW, I didn't mean the rule is ridiculous, but the fact > that message gets rejected, is ridiculous. > > Are you moderator , who made this rule ? No, he did not make this rule. I'm sure this link has been posted here a bazillion times, but here it is again. http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html > I can guess why this rule might have been put in place, i guess that > for people who read mail archives, it makes sense to read the context > first and *then* the reply, but I'm guessing that that number would be > fewer than regular members who have read the original query already. As for the "regular members who've read the original query", no one has time to go through each email every day. Generally, while reading threads, it is quite useful to ignore earlier mails in a long thread and directly read some later email in which case, it is very useful to have some context to work off. ~sagar -- Sagar Gokhale -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
