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2024-11-01 Thread Kevin Fenzi
On Fri, Nov 01, 2024 at 09:25:33PM +1030, Tim via users wrote: > On Thu, 2024-10-31 at 21:39 -0700, Thomas Dineen wrote: > > So when do you plan to actually STOP POSTING? > > WHEN I DAMN WELL FEEL LIKE IT! > > When do you plan to take your head out of your ass? > > -- > > uname -rsvp > Linux

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2024-11-01 Thread Michael Hennebry
When a top post quotes boilerplate, one case be certain that it's a case of don't care or TH;DDI. -- Michael henne...@mail.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John

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2024-11-01 Thread Tim via users
On Thu, 2024-10-31 at 21:39 -0700, Thomas Dineen wrote: > So when do you plan to actually STOP POSTING? WHEN I DAMN WELL FEEL LIKE IT! When do you plan to take your head out of your ass? -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 Boilerplate

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2024-10-31 Thread Thomas Dineen
So when do you plan to actually STOP POSTING? On 10/31/2024 9:20 PM, Tim via users wrote: On Fri, 2024-11-01 at 09:00 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: I understand the list guidelines specify to not top post, which I follow, I was just curious as to why. I hadn't looked at the guidelines for ages,

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2024-10-31 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2024-11-01 at 09:00 +1100, Stephen Morris wrote: > I understand the list guidelines specify to not top post, which I > follow, I was just curious as to why. I hadn't looked at the guidelines for ages, but it *does* help *some* people actually pay attention to following them when it gives s

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2024-10-31 Thread Stephen Morris
On 31/10/24 09:25, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/30/2024 03:46 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: although having said that I also get annoyed if I have to read through multiple mail threads to get the full context of what the reply is addressing, and in my view it is bad mail etiquette to not include that con

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2024-10-30 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 10/30/24 3:16 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: On 31/10/24 09:04, Bob Marčan via users wrote: The only sensible answer. It spoils the logical sequence. No problems, thankyou, I was just curious because the other thing I forgot to mention is those organisations also had the "standard" that if your

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2024-10-30 Thread Fulko Hew
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM Stephen Morris wrote: ... snip ... No problems, thankyou, I was just curious because the other thing I forgot > to mention is those organisations also had the "standard" that if your > reply was not top posted your reply would not be read. > I'll add that a) most

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2024-10-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/30/2024 03:46 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: although having said that I also get annoyed if I have to read through multiple mail threads to get the full context of what the reply is addressing, and in my view it is bad mail etiquette to not include that context Yes, you include enough text t

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2024-10-30 Thread Bob Marčan via users
On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:54:47 -0400 "Felix Miata" wrote: > Stephen Morris composed on 2024-10-31 08:46 (UTC+1100): > > > Just on the etiquette front, every organisation I have worked in > > consider it bad email etiquette to not top post replies, so what are the > > reasons for this mail list to

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2024-10-30 Thread Stephen Morris
On 31/10/24 09:04, Bob Marčan via users wrote: On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:54:47 -0400 "Felix Miata" wrote: Stephen Morris composed on 2024-10-31 08:46 (UTC+1100): Just on the etiquette front, every organisation I have worked in consider it bad email etiquette to not top post replies, so what are

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2024-10-30 Thread Felix Miata
Stephen Morris composed on 2024-10-31 08:46 (UTC+1100): > Just on the etiquette front, every organisation I have worked in > consider it bad email etiquette to not top post replies, so what are the > reasons for this mail list to be averse to that methodology (just curious). A: Top-posters who

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2024-10-30 Thread Stephen Morris
On 30/10/24 21:06, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2024-10-29 at 17:26 -0700, Mike Wright wrote: On 10/29/24 15:28, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: All I had to do in Evolution in replying to this was mark the text above before hitting Reply to List. No editing required. Nice tip! Also works in

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2024-10-30 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2024-10-29 at 17:26 -0700, Mike Wright wrote: > On 10/29/24 15:28, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > All I had to do in Evolution in replying to this was mark the text > > above before hitting Reply to List. No editing required. > > Nice tip! Also works in Thunderbird. It also used to work

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2024-10-29 Thread Mike Wright
On 10/29/24 15:28, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: All I had to do in Evolution in replying to this was mark the text above before hitting Reply to List. No editing required. Nice tip! Also works in Thunderbird. :m -- ___ users mailing list -- users@list

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2024-10-29 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2024-10-29 at 14:57 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > It makes it damn near impossible to read the message.  And clearly, > > from the lack of attention being paid to what's said in a couple of > > recent threads, you're not reading it all, anyway. > > What annoys me is having the scan th

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2024-10-29 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 29 Oct 2024, Tim via users wrote: When you post to this group crop out all the quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes quotes of quotes of It makes it damn near impossible to re

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2024-10-29 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2024-10-29 at 23:19 +1030, Tim via users wrote: > When you post to this group crop out all the quotes of quotes of quotes > of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes [...] > It makes it damn near impossible to read the message. And clearly, > from the lack of

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2024-10-29 Thread Tim via users
When you post to this group crop out all the quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quotes of quot