Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 18:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use > bottom-posting. They should not be forced to top-post just because > nearly everyone else does. They don't need to encourage people to > join and contribute as they have plenty o

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 19:20 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 18:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > > This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use > > bottom-posting. > > You're mistaken, top posting isn't wanted for quasi all mailing lists > that have to do with compu

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 18:08 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use > bottom-posting. You're mistaken, top posting isn't wanted for quasi all mailing lists that have to do with computers and even for most mailing lists that have completely nothing t

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) This is a last remaining refugee for people that want to use bottom-posting.  They should not be forced to top-post just because nearly everyone else does.  They don't need to encourage people to join and contribute as they have plenty of people contributing already.  There is no need

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 24 August 2013 17:02, Betti Ann and Preston Smith wrote: > If this list is now a technical list, can you refer me to an Evo users' > list? > > The last thing that I want to do while seeking help on a software package > is to offend the list format police or use the wrong list. > I'm using the

[Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-08-24 at 13:02 -0300, Betti Ann and Preston Smith wrote: > Good afternoon, > > You refer to this as a technical list. I see this as a users' list. > Here is the heading from evolution-list@gnome.org > > evolution-list -- General discussion and user queries of Evolution > > If this

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Betti Ann and Preston Smith
Good afternoon, You refer to this as a technical list. I see this as a users' list. Here is the heading from evolution-list@gnome.org *evolution-list -- General discussion and user queries of Evolution* If this list is now a technical list, can you refer me to an Evo users' list? The las

Re: [Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On 24 August 2013 12:47, Betti Ann and Preston Smith wrote: > The issue of top, bottom or interspersed postings will exist for ever. I > prefer top posting because I present and can read the bottom line > immediately. The context advantage of bottom posting is good but to read > the bottom line I

[Evolution] PPAs and Postings (was Re: downloads page)

2013-08-24 Thread Betti Ann and Preston Smith
Good morning!! On 23/08/2013 6:35 PM, N B Day wrote: On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 17:28 -0300, BAPR wrote: On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 12:19 -0700, N B Day wrote: On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 15:30 -0300, BAPR wrote: Are you sure about this? Evolution is no longer the *default* MUA in Ubuntu, but reasonably up-t