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- Original Message -
From: "Dave Woyciesjes"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: The Right Way to Email - was Re: C & undefined behaviour - was Re:
tumble under BSD
> ...Who reads an email
Is it possible to find a better topic of conversation? This is getting kind
of old...
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On 04/04/2016 02:13 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
On Apr 4, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
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... nor would I ever expect you to ;D
IMO the reason that flowed text and top posting have become the norm
is that many people (myself included) find them more efficient and clearer,
bot
At 04:00 PM 4/4/2016, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>I think bottom-posting without trimming is actually more evil than top-posting
>...
I think that any posting without trimming is a sign of a lazy and inconsiderate
poster.
Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / A
On Mon, 4 Apr 2016, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
> > How so? Who reads an email message from the bottom up?
> >
> Because I’ve already read all of the other messages in the thread and it’s
> a pain when folks bottom post and include the complete text of all of the
> previous emails.
I think bottom-
The thing is, it's just too hard to follow a thread unless everyone posts
in the same direction. If the thread, for whatever reason, flows by top
post, then I follow that pattern, if it's bottom then I go that
way...*this* message board has been around for a while, and the precedent
is to bottom
> On Apr 4, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>
>>
>> --
>> ... nor would I ever expect you to ;D
>>
>> IMO the reason that flowed text and top posting have become the norm
>> is that many people (myself included) find them more efficient and clearer,
>> both reading and writing;
>
On 04/04/2016 12:30 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
- Original Message -
From: "Mouse"
To:
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: The Right Way to Email - was Re: C & undefined behaviour - was Re:
tumble under BSD
Flowed text and top-posting have become the norm
- Original Message -
From: "Robert Jarratt"
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 12:44 PM
> I really do think that the endian-ness of posting is a matter of personal
> preference. I happen to prefer top posting, but on this list I make a
On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
>
> Mainstream popularity is not just the much-maligned Windows on PCs,
> but also iOS and Android on smart phones and tablets, and the web-based
> email...
I for one am glad to see the PC finally get its comeuppance from iOS,
Android and the We
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
> Sent: 04 April 2016 15:49
> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: The Right Way to Email - was Re: C & undefined behaviour -
was
> Re: tumble under BSD
>
> &
- Original Message -
From: "Mouse"
To:
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: The Right Way to Email - was Re: C & undefined behaviour - was Re:
tumble under BSD
>> Flowed text and top-posting have become the norm in mainstream email
>
> So ha
> Flowed text and top-posting have become the norm in mainstream email
So have a lot of other horrible things, such as spam. Popularity,
especially mainstream popularity, is no measure of goodness, or we
should all immediately switch to Windows on peecees.
I have no problem with flowed text - wh
folks expressing them.
'Nuff said.
mike
- Original Message -
From: "Peter Coghlan"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: The Right Way to Email - was Re: C & undefined behaviour - was Re:
tum
On 4/3/2016 8:19 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
>If we're doing 'the right way to email' AGAIN, at least have the courtesy of
>changing THE SUBJECT LINE.
Please do not change the subject line - people who do so do not understand how
email reflector programs work on email servers. All messages using the
Mouse made a perfectly reasonable request that we make a small effort
to ensure our emails are formatted appropriately.
The response was that people demanded their inherent right to
continue to generate improperly formatted emails, complained about
grudgingly having to having to make configuration
On 4/3/2016 8:19 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
If we're doing 'the right way to email' AGAIN, at least have the
courtesy of changing THE SUBJECT LINE.
What and have the subject line longer than the email?
--Toby
Ben.
BTW what do you do when your email server thinks your message is spam
for a reply.
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