On Saturday, 20 January 2007 at 20:55:54 -0800, Michael wrote:
> Greg Albrecht wrote:
>>
>> ps: there's no need to reiterate how 'hard' it is for you to have to
>> 'scroll down' to read the original message in a reply, how is that any
>> different than me having to scroll down to read your reply?
Michael wrote:
Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Top-posting defined simply ...
>
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing
Greg Albrecht wrote:
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Top-posting defined simply ...
>
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and i
On 2007-01-19 15:21, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>> I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
>> position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
>> text. My editor also positi
In response to Tore Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > "Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are
> > trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
> > not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of
> > things t
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> "Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are
> trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
> not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of
> things that people should remove from replies.
Hmmm. While I ca
Gerard Seibert wrote:
On Friday January 19, 2007 at 10:21:24 (AM) Ceri Davies wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
text.
On Friday January 19, 2007 at 10:21:24 (AM) Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>
> > I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
> > position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
> > text. My editor
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:32:38AM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote:
> Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether
> I add it or not, and also the [EMAIL PROTECTED] stupid corporate disclaimer
> also
> (over which I have no control) sigh
Though you could presumably add an e
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they
> position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the
> text. My editor also positions the cursor at the very top when I
> reply to a message. Bu
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:24:44PM -0800, Greg Albrecht wrote:
> On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Top-posting defined simply ...
> >>
> >> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> >> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> >> A: Top-posti
Ted Mittelstaedt writes:
> For example, you can hold a gun to someone's head and make them
> sign a contract. The second you walk away they take the contract
> to a court and bam, it's invalidated because they signed under
> duress.
>
> And if you look at recent court decisions, the defin
On Thursday January 18, 2007 at 08:33:32 (PM) Jay Chandler wrote:
> Murray Taylor wrote:
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
> >> To: Murray Taylor
> >&
- Original Message -
From: "Jay Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "freebsd-questions"
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
> >
> >
>
> Have any of these disclaimers ever p
On 1/19/07, Jay Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Have any of these disclaimers ever proven to be even the slightest bit
legally enforceable?
I mean, for God's sake, they're at the bottom of the message,
essentially telling you not to read the message you just read.
[...]
They *assume* that
> > [ snip much ado about mail etiquette and sigs and whatnot ]
> >
> > I started using the lists from work years ago when I was
> > establishing the FreeBSD servers and it was easier to get
> > Q&A stuff done... Since then the weenies have come along
> > and changed out a perfectly servicable Post
Murray Taylor wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
To: Murray Taylor
Cc: freebsd-questions
Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> -Original Message-
> From: Greg Albrecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 11:42 AM
> To: Murray Taylor
> Cc: freebsd-questions
> Subject: Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
>
> On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor &
On 18/01/07, Murray Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are
> trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
> not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of
> things that people should remove fr
> -Original Message-
> From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, 19 January 2007 10:13 AM
> To: Murray Taylor
> Cc: Dak Ghatikachalam; freebsd-questions
> Subject: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
>
> [heavily trimmed, subject line clarifie
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:24:44PM -0800, Greg Albrecht wrote:
> On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >"Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are
> >trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and
> >not writing one-line paragraphs
On 18/01/07, Peter A. Giessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2007/01/18 14:24, Greg Albrecht seems to have typed:
> threading of messages. this allows me to see each reply to a
> message after the original message, in succession. i understand that
> different people configure and use their email c
On 2007/01/18 14:24, Greg Albrecht seems to have typed:
> threading of messages. this allows me to see each reply to a
> message after the original message, in succession. i understand that
> different people configure and use their email clients in different
> ways, but why is there such a panderi
On 18/01/07, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Top-posting defined simply ...
>
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
> Unfortuna
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