Ian wrote: > You have and its appalling bad taste in my language. > Just to explain for a moment, Ian, why people feel so passionately at times about top posting in an e-mail list and as a result sometimes we can end up with situations like this where one person feels "victimised" or the like...
Imagine yourself as a "Digest" subscriber to the list. You will get one e-mail daily with all the posts in. Imagine then that there is a big issue going on and many posts are on one thread. If we take a conversation thus... Mike: "Good morning, Bob... lovely day isn't it." Bob: "Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck?" Mike: "Oh, definitely. What time?" Bob: "Midday?" Mike: "Great! Seeya there" Easy enough isn't it? Right... let's imagine they all top post... what's the digest going to look like? 10:15am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good morning, Bob... lovely day isn't it. 10.20am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? Mike wrote: >Good morning, Bob... lovely day isn't it. 10.25am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh, definitely. What time? Bob wrote: >Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? > >Mike wrote: >>Good morning, Bob... lovely day isn't it. 10.26am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Midday? Mike wrote: >Oh, definitely. What time? > >Bob wrote: >>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? >> >>Mike wrote: >>>Good morning, Bob... lovely day isn't it. 10.28am [EMAIL PROTECTED] Great, Seeya there! Bob wrote: >Midday? > >Mike wrote: >>Oh, definitely. What time? >> >>Bob wrote: >>>Indeed it is. Fancy a pint at lunchtime down the Dog and Duck? >>> >>>Mike wrote: >>>>Good morning, Bob... lovely day isn't it. ...and that was *such* a simple conversation. Imagine a technical discussion. Please understand, Ian, nobody is trying to drive anybody else off this list. I believe the request to be simply saying *try* to think about making it easy for the other readers when you post. It literally only takes a few seconds to snip out the bits you're replying to but it could save those reading the digest hours when trying to make head or tail of a conversation. Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
